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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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Translingualism: Languages Incorporating Differences

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Disaster Resilient Education: An Undialogued Agenda

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Primary Education

Will Decentralization of MPO Lessen the Woes of the Teachers?

Decentralization goes with the modern administration. The present decision of the government to decentralize the MPO (Monthly Pay Order) system deserves thanks. But this is not everything. Already corrupt MPO system and its entire gamut can further be corrupted when it will go near the local offices as the evils get the opportunity to influence it more than before....

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Taskforces for Closing Illegal KG Schools

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Computer-Aided Learning can Develop Teaching-Learning Environment

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Effectiveness of Reader’s Theatre to Enhance Reading Fluency with Comprehension and Motivation towards Reading for the Struggling Readers

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Strategic Planning for Distance Education

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Project-based Learning (PBL) Combines Traditional Classroom Knowledge with Real-world Expertise (Part -1)

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Secondary School Teachers Conduct Classes in Colleges

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Dropped Out Students in the SSC are Mostly Girls

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This Year’s HSC Results Tell Many Things About Our Educational Arena

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How Secondary English Teachers Can be Developed into Trainers

It is the new initiative of BRAC to develop trained English teachers into trainers. It is based on the theory of “The mother who gives birth to a child knows best the pain of childbirth”. This initiative has sparked hope and enthusiasm among the rural secondary English teachers. To speak the truth, we have discovered the hidden potentialities among...

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Campus Police

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Current Private University Scenario

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Honours and Masters in Non-Government Colleges

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Future of Business Studies in Private Varsities

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

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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...