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.
Two recent studies under government auspices have confirmed the warnings given by Education Watch.
Curriculum and textbook renewal is not and should not be something that has to start from scratch.
Economists and policymakers, influenced by economists, tend to look at education as a homogeneous and highly aggregated category.
The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.
Throughout 2022, education authorities focused on returning to a “normal” routine, making minimal adjustments mostly in organising public examinations.
Is there a pattern of incompetence, inefficiency, lack of accountability, and impunity among the education personnel and institutions in this country?
A 200-page notebook that cost Tk 40 four months ago now costs Tk 50
To ignore the special role of a teacher in society is to place the future of the nation at peril.
Biden’s “inflection point” applies to Bangladesh, too.
The important issue that must be discussed is whether school education should continue to be another commodity subject to the vagaries of the market.
