How much you can pay decides what education your child gets
After three decades since the primary education pledge was made, the cost of a child’s education remains a heavy burden for some 80 lakh households.
6d ago
How do we deal with Covid-induced school dropout?
The new Education Watch study provides new insights on how to recover the education sector from the pandemic's impact.
3w ago
Are schools up to the task?
What can schools and the education system do to help the next generation grow up with a moral compass?
Transforming education: Five tasks
Which five tasks should be on top of the list of someone appointed as the education tsar of Bangladesh? The question was posed by Dr. Binayak Sen, Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in a public discussion about this writer’s recent book Ekush Shotoke Bangladesh -- Shikkhar Rupantor (Bangladesh in the 21st Century – Transformation of Education, published by Prothoma).
Textbooks, curriculum and the politics of education
The new round of curricular reform and textbook re-writing has given rise to a spate of debate, pointing to different kinds of problems with the new initiative.
Education needs resolute leadership of new ministers
The education that a child can acquire is currently a matter of how much his/her family can pay.
Could 2024 mark the end of crony economy and captive politics?
Politics has been captured by the nexus of an oligopoly of business interests and the willingly colluding political class.
Has Awami League delivered on its promise of quality education for all?
In 2008, the party promised to achieve ambitious goals. So, what have we achieved after over a decade?
October 11, 2023
What may an education manifesto for 2024 look like?
It needs to recognise both the challenges and the opportunities.
September 14, 2023
The true purpose of literacy
The credibility and significance of literacy rates become questionable when seen in the light of primary education outcomes and the character of the literacy projects undertaken so far.
August 31, 2023
The culture war in education
The debate about control of education has become more intense across the globe, manifesting in varying ways in different historical and socio-political contexts.
August 7, 2023
SSC Exam Results: What do the numbers mean?
To what extent do the top scorers’ performance represent the performance of their schools and teachers?
July 23, 2023
What good will nationalising all secondary schools do?
Teachers have been carrying out sit-ins in front of the National Press Club and being subjected to coercion by police to restrain them.
June 24, 2023
Education in national budget: A dialogue of the deaf
Our education decision-makers have a narrative that largely denies any serious deficiency in the system.
June 2, 2023
Education lags again in funding and action
The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.
May 21, 2023
The problem is not with coaching centres or ChatGPT. It's with our education system.
AI and edtech can be helpful for our students in an inclusive manner when the plans and programmes in this respect recognise the basic and long-standing weaknesses in the system.
May 8, 2023
Is a policy directive enough to stop school bullying?
This isn't the first time that regulations and directives have been issued by education authorities regarding bullying. The question is if and how the new directive can make a difference.
April 25, 2023
Are there any lessons for Bangladesh in Ashoka Mody's ‘India Is Broken’?
Both countries have had a single-minded focus on GDP growth, with not enough attention to jobs, climate, the distribution effects and the destructive impact of crony capitalism.
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