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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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Primary School Terminal Exam 2012: Quantity Achieved, Quality?

The primary terminal exam result 2012 has been published on last week of December, 2012. This year the pass rate marked slight rise with 97.35 per cent (total 2415341 students passed the examination), up by 0.09 percentage points than last year. Children have done better than ever in this year's primary school terminal exam, taking the success rate to...

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Self-organized Learning Environment Stimulates Real Learning

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In response to the decisions made by the state to continue the academic activities of the learners particularly the pre-primary, primary and secondary level...

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Use of ICT in Gender Equalization

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