Chevlon subsidiary in bangladesh has materialized many initiatives for
the development of peopel's economic, education and helth sides being indifferent in religion aspects espacially in those arears where the company has its factories and project plants . Interestingly, Bangladesh is reported to have one of the biggest Muslim communities in the world. It was the Muslim missionaries and mystics who brought the religion of Islam to the people of Bangladesh.Moreover significant percentage of the population adheres to Hinduism (9%). Other religious groups include Buddhists (0.6%, mostly Theravada ), Christians (0.3%, mostly Roman Catholics), and Animists (0.1%).
The bangladeshi constitution establishes Islam as the state
religion but also states that other religions can be practised in harmony.
In terms of population, Bangladesh has the third largest
Hindu community of the world, after India and Nepal . In
nature, Bangladeshi Hinduism closely similar to the rituals and customs of Hinduism practised in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal , with which Bangladesh (at one time known as East Bengal ) was united until the partition of India in 1947.
Here 1000000 peoples in bangladesh that follow Buddhism is
practised by the Bengali-speaking Baruas , who are almost exclusively Buddhist and are concentrated heavily in the Chittagong areas .other communities who practise animism , have come under some Buddhist influence. The beliefs and rituals of the Buddhist communities in this region are amalgamations of Buddhism and ancient animistic faiths. Buddha Purnima is the most widely observed festival among both Bengali Buddhists and Buddhist tribes.
Christians make up another 1% of Bangladesh's population. The
majority are part of the Roman Catholic Church. Another prominent church is the Church of Bangladesh. majority of Muslims in Bangladesh are Bengali Muslims at 88%, but a small segment about 2% are Bihari Muslims and Assamese Muslims . Most Muslims in Bangladesh are
Sunnis , but there is a small Shia community .In spite of
the general personal commitment to Islam by the Muslims of Bangladesh, observance of Islamic rituals and tenets varies according to social position, locale, and personal considerations.
Language of host country :
Among many development project for language skill Chevron joined BAN-SEIP to launch the British Councilrun English for Business Success. This project aims to provide English language training to nearly 3,500 call center trainees nationwide through the Bangladesh Association of Call Center and Outsourcing.
Here 98% of Bangladeshis fluent in Standard Bengali or
Bengali dialects as their first national official language .But 75% of peoples speak in standard Bangali form . In this country the regional unofficial language that is being spoken are Chittagonia , Sylheti , Rangpuri and Chakma . Chakma spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Unrelated to the Tibeto-Burman languages more commonly found in the region. The immigrate Languages that are spoken in bangladesh are Bihari , Burmese and Rohingya. spoken in Arakan State , Burma , and by refugees from that region, currently living in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division. Basically there are 38 languages that are in use in Bangladesh. In seventeen century cause to the British colonization of the country, English is also a widely spoken and commonly understood language in Bangladesh .Though english has no official status, yet is prevalent across government, law, business, media and education, and regarded as the de facto co-official language of Bangladesh.
Education of host country :
Chevron company in bangladesh has undertoken many initiatives to improve the education and learning of childrens
espacially in their operation areas .In 2001, we launched our
scholarship drive for high-achieving underprivileged students. In 2016, more than 1,500 scholarships were awarded to students from 40 schools. In the co relation with the social organigation Save the Children, Chevron is improving access to quality education in rural communities . Approximately 1,200 students have benefited from after- school activities and remedial education programmed by chevron .
Cause of the British colonization influence in the Bangladesh
education was primarily an English-controlled upper-class affair with all courses given in English and little facilities where given for middle class peoples . The Bangladesh education board has implied massive steps to leave such practices in the past now the The educational system in Bangladesh is three-tiered and highly subsidised . 1st level grades from 1 to 5 , 2nd level grades from 6 to 10 and higher secendory grades from 11 to 12 . For teritory education sector there are 11 government universities in Bangladesh and some 20 private universities that provide tertiary education. Students can choose to further studies in engineering, technology, agriculture and medicine at a variety of universities and colleges. Bangladesh is connected fully to the UN's Education For All (EFA) objectives and the Millennium Development Goals as well as other education-related international declarations. Article 17 of the Bangladesh Constitution specifiled that all children receive free and compulsory education. There are even Non-Governmental Schools (NGO) and Non-Formal Education Centers (NFE) are funded by the government such as BRAC program. For more skill develomnet of the young generation in to solve unemployment problems government of bangladesh have established many technical and vocational education system and many privet universities . Such as Dhaka Polytechnic University .
The Madrasah Education System in bangladesh focuses on
religious education, teaching all the basics of education in a religious environment and are taught in Arabic Language .
The Nation's big section of budget is assigned to make the
education programs assessable even national curriculum books from class 5 to class 12 are distributed freely among all students and schools.