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The hierarchy of educational needs: Rethinking Bangladesh’s education reform priorities

A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, shared a thoughtful reflection on educational reform on his wall. Drawing inspiration from Abraham Maslow’s famous “Hierarchy of Needs” theory, he attempted to reinterpret Bangladesh’s education system through a similar layered framework of needs. His post was not presented as a formal academic model or a research-based theory. Yet, as I read through it, I found myself deeply struck by its simplicity, clarity, and uncomfortable truth. Sometimes the most powerful ideas are not those emerging...

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The hierarchy of educational needs: Rethinking Bangladesh’s education reform priorities

A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt...

Using balanced skills for authentic and fruitful language teaching

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Creative System has Created a Quagmire

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Educated Unemployed of Our Country

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New Education Policy from 2013

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Primary Education

Nationalization of Non-government Primary Schools

Primary education of any nation attaches the upmost importance as it indicates the base of real education. The more it is strong; the future of education of the country is. When any special announcement or occasion smells or sees that this tier of education will embrace a special status, everybody must be excited and enthusiastic. So I am at...

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Bangladeshi Platforms for Online and Distance Learning

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Rickshaw puller Joynal Teaches Us a Lot

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Causes behind Differential Performance in Various Types of BRAC Schools

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School Feeding Program Can Make A Big Difference

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Problems and Prospects of EFA in Bangladesh

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Importance of Workplace Learning for Skill Development

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Boat Schooling: An Innovation in Education

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Language and Numeric Foundation Development: Is the Brigadista of Cuba Adaptable in Bangladesh?

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Secondary Education

Senior Teacher Position Created with First-class Officer Status

The government secondary schools will see Senior Teacher position with the status of first-class gazetted officer that must be a welcome move. The number of government secondary schools had been only 317 for many years in a country of sixteen crore people that expresses stately importance towards this tier of education.  However, the non-government teacher associations have been struggling...

A Study on New Curriculum: Grade Seven Students’ Status in English

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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

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Dropped Out Students in the SSC are Mostly Girls

SSC examination on the short syllabus is going to start on 14 November and end on 23 November. Collecting a certificate by sitting practically for examination retains much significance and pure joy, which our students missed due to Corona for the last two years. What's about the dropped out students? Evaluation is an important part of the teaching-learning process. However,...

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Is New Admission System in MBBS and BDS Bliss or Bane?

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Decision to Conduct Online Examinations in Public Universities Calls for Appreciation

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Expansion of Private Higher Education

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What is Happening in the National University?

A series of irregularities of the National University of Bangladesh appeared in a Bengali daily (Jugantor  April 19 to 23) drawing the attention of...

Student Attendance System

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How far JU Teachers’ demonstration justified?

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The hierarchy of educational needs: Rethinking Bangladesh’s education reform priorities

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