Has the reform drive lost its way?
The interim government need not be too apologetic for its record, but it would be a shame not to make the best of the opportunity history has bestowed it.
13 May 2025, 04:00 AM
Priorities and challenges for the new education adviser
The primary and non-formal education sub-sector reform initiative is a positive but partial move that leaves major education sector concerns unaddressed.
13 March 2025, 02:00 AM
Are myths and misperceptions influencing policymaking?
Are policies and actions regarding preparing young people for work and livelihood influenced by myths and misperceptions about the problems and their workable solutions?
25 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Can we bridge the generational gap and reform our democracy?
Now, the youngsters have embarked on a campaign to reach out to the people in preparation for forming a new political party.
16 February 2025, 06:00 AM
Education deserves a reform commission
Public and media discourse overwhelmingly favours the idea of a reform commission for education.
14 January 2025, 02:00 AM
A school curriculum to nurture thoughtful learners
The education authorities under the interim government have decided to revert to the curriculum introduced in 2012.
5 January 2025, 02:00 AM
Politics, patience and people’s mandate
The interim government must prioritise reforms to elections.
24 December 2024, 02:00 AM
Why is there no education commission yet?
An education commission, chosen with care, can advise the interim government and serve the nation by identifying key areas that need reforms.
4 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Children and Poverty
Protecting the rights of children and providing the essentials for their development must be part of the definition of poverty reduction.
6 November 2015, 18:00 PM
EACH CHILD TO A LOCAL SCHOOL
Each six-year-old child would be admitted to a neighbourhood primary school without being subjected to a qualifying test – this is how it should work because the country has a mandatory education law in place since 1990. But it hardly works this way.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
The 21st Century Teacher
Unlike many countries, Bangladesh does not have a pre-service teacher education programme, although school teaching is the single largest field of employment for college graduates.
4 October 2015, 18:00 PM
The challenges ahead
Heads of states or governments of the world will meet at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 25-27 to proclaim a new global agenda for sustainable development to be realised by 2030 (SDG 2030), replacing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG 2015), which was adopted 15 years ago at a UN Summit.
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
PRIMARY EDUCATION: LEARNERS OR JUST TEST-TAKERS?
The primary education authorities – especially the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) – must be busily preparing for the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) or Shomaponi to be held in November.
18 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Paving the way to future?
In an article for The Daily Star, I had written:“A new National Education Policy was announced by the government in June 2010.
11 March 2015, 11:36 AM