State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj announced that the government will provide free school uniforms, bags, shoes, and socks to students of government primary schools across Bangladesh. The initiative, aligned with electoral commitments and directives from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, will begin with a pilot program scheduled for July. Preparations for the pilot phase have been finalized, and the program will be officially launched by the Prime Minister.

The pilot program will initially cover several hundred thousand students, with the Ministry of Textiles and Jute supplying 500,000 eco-friendly jute school bags. The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry will assist in local-level implementation and distribution. The government aims to start the pilot within its first 180 days in office and gradually expand distribution through October, reaching over four hundred thousand students.

Based on the pilot’s success, the program will be expanded nationwide next year under PEDP-5 to bring transformative changes to primary education. The government emphasized that improving education quality remains a national priority supported by multiple ministries.