The new round of curricular reform and textbook re-writing has given rise to a spate of debate, pointing to different kinds of problems with the new initiative.
University research in Bangladesh: Failing to spend the measly amount of research funds since 2018-19 reflects many problems in Dhaka University - low-calibre research faculty; incompetence in research budgeting; inability to conceive and drive attractive research agendas; poor research incentives; etc.
Countries around the world have coaching centres and guides and notes. Students in these countries make use of them frequently, not as substitutes for schoolwork and classroom teaching, but as complements to what happens at school. Education authorities in Bangladesh should focus on a timely education reform instead of fearing how students might exploit ChatGPT.
The important issue that must be discussed is whether school education should continue to be another commodity subject to the vagaries of the market. An alternative and more appropriate scenario is that school education of acceptable quality is recognised as an entitlement for all children, which the state is obligated to guarantee through public institutions or in