1962 East Pakistan Education movement

The 1962 East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) education movement was a movement by students against the education policy recommended by the Sharif Commission, official name Commission on National Education,[1] to President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. The policy would have made English and Urdu mandatory subjects.[2] It would have privatized education and revoke the right to free primary education as unrealistically "utopian".[2]

The movement started on 17 September which is commemorated as education day in Bangladesh.[3]

  1. ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Education Commission". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Education Movement 1962: unresolved question of inequality in education". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Education Day with New Message". Daily Sun. Retrieved 26 March 2023.