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  "title": "Education",
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  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2025-11-17",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "education",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2014/15",
        "students": 5574,
        "stemPct": 68
      },
      {
        "year": "2015/16",
        "students": 6513,
        "stemPct": 70
      },
      {
        "year": "2016/17",
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        "stemPct": 71
      },
      {
        "year": "2017/18",
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      },
      {
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        "stemPct": 73
      },
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        "stemPct": 73
      },
      {
        "year": "2020/21",
        "students": 8598,
        "stemPct": 74
      },
      {
        "year": "2021/22",
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        "stemPct": 74
      },
      {
        "year": "2022/23",
        "students": 13570,
        "stemPct": 75
      },
      {
        "year": "2023/24",
        "students": 17099,
        "stemPct": 75
      },
      {
        "year": "2024/25",
        "students": 20156,
        "stemPct": 75
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "Students (2024/25)",
        "value": "20,156",
        "delta": "+17.9% YoY — record high"
      },
      {
        "label": "STEM Share",
        "value": "75%",
        "delta": "9th largest sender"
      },
      {
        "label": "11yr Growth",
        "value": "+262%",
        "delta": "2014/15–2024/25"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://opendoorsdata.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/OD_Bangladesh_Fact-Sheet-2025.pdf",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "World Bank Human Capital Index",
        "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/HD.HCI.OVRL?locations=BD"
      },
      {
        "name": "ITU ICT Development Index",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int"
      },
      {
        "name": "ADB TVET / SEIP stocktaking",
        "url": "https://seip-fd.gov.bd"
      },
      {
        "name": "Coursera Global Skills Report",
        "url": "https://www.coursera.org"
      }
    ],
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      "registryStatus": "Verified",
      "sourceVerified": true,
      "unverifiedFields": [],
      "knownGaps": [
        "Learning outcomes data (PISA/TIMSS) Bangladesh participation irregular",
        "Human Capital Index is still the 2020 vintage — the World Bank has not published a refresh",
        "The Skills Rank (73rd) is credited to Coursera's Global Skills Report, but the edition year is not recorded; confirm against the report before citing it"
      ]
    }
  }
}