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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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When 56,000 scripts of a public examination show changed marks and grades, it undeniably reveals serious scams in our evaluation system. Whatever we do...

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BCS Education Cadre Officials’ ‘No Promotion, No Work’ Movement

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Educational Crisis in Bangladesh

It is admirable that the enrolment rate is rising along with gender parity in the primary schools of Bangladesh. Moreover, public expenditure for education...

Unhealthy situation in Education Sector

Since education determines how strong the backbone of a nation is, it receives the topmost priority in many developing countries of the world. Bangladesh...

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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 document contains commitments to education for all. Education, particularly quality primary education, is the right of every citizen. That every citizen is obliged to enroll in primary education and the government should try for this...

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Translingualism: Languages Incorporating Differences

Language is the way of communicating meaning. It does not stop at one time as it is continually transformed by speakers at every moment...

School Feeding Program Can Make A Big Difference

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Vocational Training and Linkage with Income

A number of donors and partners for developments have recently put especial attention to help the Bangladesh government in order to improve its technical...

Certificate Business in Private Universities

A very recent report regarding the education of private universities was released in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on education ministry meeting which has baffled...

New Vision Old Challenges: The State of Pre-primary Education in Bangladesh

SAMIR RANJAN NATH, GOUTAM ROY, M HABIBUR RAHMAN, KAZI SALEH AHMED and A MUSHTAQUE R CHOWDHURY Global attention and commitment to early childhood development is...

Educational Crisis: Challenges and Way Forward

The Drawback and Need Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) conducted a survey on education in villages...

The Role of a Teacher in a Conversation Class

Conversation pertains to learning English practically as it is the second most important way of human communication. So, a teacher must arrange a conversation...

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

Heya Mubasshira discusses the important strategies for effective learning Once a nobleman said, "If there is no treasure in scripture and heaven, then there is...

Learner-centered Classroom for Real Learning and Higher Achievement

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English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training

RIFAT AFROZE, MD. MAHBUBUL KABIR AND ARIFA RAHMAN wrote about BRAC Training ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effect of the BRAC training programme for English language teachers of rural non-government secondary schools. It examined the change in the teachers in terms of their pedagogic skills, language skills development, knowledge about Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and their attitudes towards this new...

Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

Education builds a nation. It is very important for Individual, Society and State. National development highly depends on Education. Education is the main component to execute the dream of the nation. Education has two general aspects, (1) Philosophical aspect & (2) Structural aspect.' Why we should learn?'-this question is related to the philosophy of education. If the philosophical position...

Receiving TESOL President Award

Any kind of recognition to any innovative work works as a guiding force to go forward for any individual and organization. It’s an incentive as well. When it happens in the field of education it brings more pleasure for those who belong to this field. I have been in this line for quite a long time first as a...

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

Bangladesh has experienced a new curriculum, mostly known as a ‘competency-based’ curriculum, since January 2023. The teachers who teach English say the curriculum and the textbooks based on the spirit of this curriculum have been designed quite differently from the previous ones. One of the most important changes is that students do not have or very little homework, which exacerbates...

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Ragging Culture in Bangladeshi Universities

The students enrolled in higher educational institutions with the hope of embracing a brighter future and achieving some noble objectives have to face the...

Quality Assurance at the Affiliated Institutions of Higher Education of the National University of Bangladesh

Abstract: Research for this paper, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, has been carried out on quality assurance by  questionnaire, interview and observation ...

I Never Wanted to be an Educationist

Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why...

How Private Universities Contribute to Tertiary Education

The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of tertiary education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. over the years these institutions...

Some Distinguished Features of Brac University

BRAC leaves no vital branch of social development untouched. Its intervention in the education scenario originates from pre-primary education to tertiary level. It launched...

All Tiers of Education are Shrouded in Irregularities

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

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