Bangladesh is among the countries where the popularity of private tuition is growing -- creating negative impact on ensuring quality of education and increasing stress on students, according to a global report.

At least half of high school students in the country receive private tutoring, and the trend is rising gradually -- not only here but also all over the world, the report found.

The expansion of private tutoring market is expected to continue, which would surpass USD 227 billion across the world by 2022, it added.

Global Education Monitoring Report 2017/8 of Unesco, titled "Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments" unveiled the findings.

The report was officially launched in the country yesterday at a ceremony jointly organised by Unesco's Dhaka office and Bangladesh National Commission for Unesco (BNCU) at Banbeis Bhaban in the capital, although it has been published globally six months ago.

“Private tutoring can undermine students' well-being and strain household budgets. It also can increase students' academic burden and stress,” according to the report.

The report also said most of the countries typically have no regulations, or lack the will or capacity to monitor and penalise tutorial centres.

“Lack of capacity to monitor the centres in Bangladesh, for example, has undermined government attempts to cap tutoring fees.”

It criticised the government's delay in conducting audit observations on primary and secondary education, and maintaining a complex higher education structure with four types of institutions -- public, private, national and Islamic universities -- which hinders the quality assurance.

The report suggested publishing annual education monitoring report, developing credible education sector plans, keeping the education budgets and its use transparent, and conducting monitoring on related bodies, educational institutions and teachers.

Speaking as the chief guest, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said he is determined to ensure accountability and eradicate corruption from the education sector.

Sohorab Hossain, secretary to Secondary and Higher Education Division; Md Alamgir, secretary to Technical and Madrasa Education Division; and Beatrice Kaldun, head and representative of Unesco Dhaka Office, also spoke.