Ministry of Education
Profile
- Head
- A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milon
- Role
- Minister
- Annual budget
- ৳602,420,000,000
- Staff
- —
- Established
- 1971
- Legal basis
- Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972); Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961 (as adapted); Rules of Business 1996 (Government of Bangladesh)
Pursuing a 12-point reform agenda centred on curriculum revision, SSC/HSC exam restructuring, technical education expansion, and a sweeping batch of 11 VC appointments that has drawn accusations of political patronage.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milon (BNP, Chandpur-1) sworn in as Education Minister, taking charge of both Ministry of Education and Ministry of Primary and Mass Education. ↗↗
- 2026-03-01 reform Ministry issues 12-point education reform agenda to be implemented in three phases, covering curriculum review, technical education modernisation, SSC/HSC examination reform, and a 'One Teacher One Tab' digital programme. ↗↗
- 2026-03-15 appointment BNP government appointed new VCs to 8 public universities including Dhaka University, Chittagong University, and Rajshahi University without election-panel procedures, drawing criticism from educators and Jamaat-e-Islami. ↗↗
- 2026-04-10 reform NCTB confirms 2026 secondary curriculum revision proceeding: streams (science/commerce/humanities) restored for grades 9-10, replacing the 2022 unified-stream model; new textbooks to incorporate July 2024 uprising history. ↗↗
- 2026-04-28 controversy Barishal University faculty declared VC Mohammad Toufiq Alam 'unwanted' and enforced full academic shutdown over unresolved promotion dispute and teacher shortages; Ministry intervened to seek resolution. ↗↗
- 2026-05-14 appointment Secondary and Higher Education Division issued single notification appointing new VCs to 11 public universities including BUET, DU, CU, BU, and DUET; DUET students protested and 12 were injured in clashes over the new VC appointment. ↗↗
- 2026-05-15 reform Education ministry confirms HSC 2026 examinations will use uniform question papers across all boards nationwide; SSC to retain board-specific question sets; committee formed to assess reducing total exam subjects. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
The Ministry of Education operates through two statutory divisions: Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED) and Technical and Madrasa Education Division (TMED). Minister Milon holds charge of both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education simultaneously. The combined FY2025-26 budget figure (602,420,000,000 BDT) covers both SHED (Tk 47,564 crore) and TMED (Tk 12,678 crore) under MoEdu's mandate only; Primary and Mass Education (Tk 35,403 crore) is a separate ministry. VC appointments in 2026 have been made without election-panel procedures mandated by individual university orders, a pattern consistent across successive governments but drawing renewed criticism under the BNP administration. Secretary of SHED as of April-May 2026: Abdul Khaleque (confirmed active at May 10-12 workshop).
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