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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...

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Aflatoun- Social and Financial Education

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Recruiting Teachers Without Written Test: A Suicidal Decision

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Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries

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No Business with Education!

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Quality Primary Education is in shambles

Over 60 years ago, the United Nations produced a noble document—the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 26 of the Declaration addresses education. The...

English Teachers Need Formal Training

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

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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

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Certificate Business in Private Universities

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The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...

Expansion of Private Higher Education

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