| Shrnutí: | The world conference on Education for All 1990, at Jomtien, Thailand, set a new goal
for the developing countries around the world to educate people of these countries with
basic education. As a signatory to the declaration of this conference, Bangladesh in to
impart basic education to at least 80% of school-age children by the year 2000. To serve
tills purpose the Compulsory Primary Education Act was passed, and 53 terminal
competencies attainable after five year primary education cycle have been identified and
the text materials have also been revised accordingly. The Government of Bangladesh
introduced competency-based education system in five year primary education cycle in
1992. The 'Education Watch' has undertaken a study this year 'Education Watch 2000'
focusing on the learners' achievements at the end of primary level in terms of attainable
terminal competencies. The particular study presented in this paper, as part of 'Education
Watch 2000', focused on the evaluation of text materials (grade I to V) prepared by the
NCTB in terms of the extent of coverage of graded learning continua and attainable
terminal competencies specified for the achievements of learners at the end of five year
primary education cycle.
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