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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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Our Children are Under House Arrest

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Why is January 19 National Teachers’ Day?

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Battle for Admission into Schools

A timely editorial has appeared in a leading English daily reflecting the problems or battle for admission into schools in the city of Dhaka. As I work in this line, let me say something more about the issue. Dhaka city experiences a tough battle for admission during this season. The metropolitan city witnesses the influx of population from rural...

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Kindergartens must be Treated as an Aid for Socialization

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Teachers’ Agitation and Their Responsibility

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Early Childhood Education in Bangladesh

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The Relationship between the Ratio of the Education and Military Expenditure with the Per Capita GDP: A Comparative Study among the South, South East...

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Recovery Plan Emphasizes on Curriculum Mapping

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Medium of Instruction at the Different Levels of Education in Bangladesh: Social, Cultural and Economic Division, and Inequality

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An Evaluation of the Environmental Studies: Science Textbooks and Teachers’ Guides Used in BRAC Primary Schools

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Dropped Out Students in the SSC are Mostly Girls

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What Is More Important for Effective Learning: Memorizing The Topic or Understanding?

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The Significance of Science and Mathematics Fair

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Receiving TESOL President Award

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Several Magics of SSC and Equivalent Examinations Remain Elusive

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What is the rationale behind establishing 600 Model Schools and Colleges?

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Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum

Now it is known to us that from the year 2023, new textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in the light of the new curriculum, which is going to be implemented in January. The role of teachers will be of serious importance, and the assessment will see fifty per cent in the form of formative and...

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Ranking Higher Educational Institutions

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Do We Need More Public Universities?

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I Never Wanted to be an Educationist

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Dhaka University Must Retain Its Glory and Prove Centre of Excellence

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