A clear sense of direction and strategy for the education system is lacking, as it has been under past political governments.
Primary school assistant teachers began an indefinite work abstention for higher entry-level pay.
The interim government need not be too apologetic for its record, but it would be a shame not to make the best of the opportunity history has bestowed it.
The primary and non-formal education sub-sector reform initiative is a positive but partial move that leaves major education sector concerns unaddressed.
Are policies and actions regarding preparing young people for work and livelihood influenced by myths and misperceptions about the problems and their workable solutions?
Now, the youngsters have embarked on a campaign to reach out to the people in preparation for forming a new political party.
Public and media discourse overwhelmingly favours the idea of a reform commission for education.
The education authorities under the interim government have decided to revert to the curriculum introduced in 2012.
The new Education Watch study provides new insights on how to recover the education sector from the pandemic's impact.
What can schools and the education system do to help the next generation grow up with a moral compass?
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).
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.
The education that a child can acquire is currently a matter of how much his/her family can pay.
Politics has been captured by the nexus of an oligopoly of business interests and the willingly colluding political class.
In 2008, the party promised to achieve ambitious goals. So, what have we achieved after over a decade?
The HSC milestone is more a source of anxiety and premonition for the large majority of young people.
We may be witnessing a deja vu with the new curriculum.
It needs to recognise both the challenges and the opportunities.
