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• At 6 years old, the official starting age for primary school in Bangladesh, nine out of ten children are in school: 63 percent in primary education and 27 percent in pre-primary or ECE. • The children in Grade 1 exhibit significant age variation: 39 percent are the officially sanctioned
This policy brief on diverse providers of primary education in Bangladesh analyses the role of a range of different providers of education in the country. Drawing upon policy documents,...
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- Research on The Quality of Preschools
- Research on Teaching Practices in Preschools
- Research on Children’s Language and Literacy Development
- Research on Play Pedagogy
- Research on Different Aspects of Child Development
A small number of studies focused on the improvement of the quality of PPE programmes in Bangladesh. For instance, Aboud (2006) examined a preschool programme in rural Bangladesh in terms of cognitive and social outcomes. The children attending preschool performed better on measures of vocabulary, verbal reasoning, nonverbal reasoning, school readi...
Banu (2012) explored the classroom teaching practices in preschools in Bangladesh. Collecting data from three types of preschools: government, private and NGO-run preschools, the study found that the preschools were encouraging memorising of facts and rote learning through teacher-directed teaching, coaching and frequent testing to prepare children...
Few studies examined children’s language and literacy development. A study conducted in formal and informal settings in Bangladesh found that picture dictionaries support young children’s vocabulary and knowledge of the real world (Sharif 2012). A longitudinal research by Khanom et al. (2013) investigated the effectiveness of a comprehensive child ...
Play provides a vital role for children’s holistic development in the early years (MoPME 2008). Play pedagogy is well recognised in the Western world for enhancing children’s early years’ education but yet to be optimally utilised in developing country contexts. Chowdhury and Rivalland (2011) examined how play as a pedagogical concept is understood...
Saha et al. (2010) investigated children’s (birth to 24 months) language development in relation to household food security in rural Bangladesh. The researchers collected data on household food security and socioeconomic status of the participant families during pregnancy period. They also gathered data on morbidity, weight and length of children i...
- Shukla Sikder, Laila Farhana Apnan Banu
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The MoPME is the main provider of primary education in Bangladesh. More than 55.1% schools are controlled by MoPME and around 70.2% of total children enrolled in primary level educational institutions are in these schools. Similarly, about 74% primary teachers are working in MoPME schools.
Pre-primary education is the most common and promising intervention of early childhood care and development in Bangladesh. National Education Policy, approved in 2010, recognizes pre-primary education as an integral part of primary education and government is now committed to introduce
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Primary education, often referred to as ‘basic education’, is currently compulsory for children aged 6–10 years (Grades 1–5). Although ‘basic’, the current National Education Policy 2010 recommends primary education be extended to Grade 8, and this is currently in the process of implementation by 2018.
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Primary education of Bangladesh is one of the largest in the world. It is administered throughout the country under the dynamic and fruitful leadership of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
