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National Education Policy of Bangladesh
The National Education Policy (2010) of Bangladesh outlines 30 goals aimed at improving the educational landscape by focusing on morality, creativity, vocational education, and inclusivity. It emphasizes quality education across all levels, from pre-primary to tertiary, with specific attention to technical and vocational training, science and ICT education, and the needs of marginalized groups. The policy also seeks to enhance teacher quality and educational resources while promoting environmental awareness and non-formal education programs.
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- 1. National Education Policy(2010) of Bangladesh: Understanding the Background and Focuses Presented by Goutam Roy Lecturer, Institute of Education and Research University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh International Conference on Geography Education Organized by Department of Geography and Environmental Studies University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh September 12, 2015
- 2. Background British period (1757- 1947) Ten key commissions/committees • 1792 – Charles Grant education commission • 1813 – Company charter • 1835 – Lord Macaulay committee • 1838 – William Adams committee • 1854 – Woods education despatch • 1859 – Stanley’s education despatch • 1882 – W W Hanter education commission • 1919 – M E Sadlar education commission • 1934 – Sa Pru education commission • 1944 – John Sargent education commission
- 3. Background (contd...) Pakistan period(1947 - 1971) Six key commissions/committees • 1951 – Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan education committee • 1957 – Ataur Rahman khan education reform commission • 1959 – S M Sharif education commission • 1964 – Judge Hamoodur Rahman education commission on students’ problem and welfare • 1969 – Air Marshal M Nur Khan education commission • 1970 – Shamsul Haq education committee
- 4. Background (contd...) Bangladesh period(1971 - present) Six key commissions/committees • 1974 – Qudrat-e-Khuda education commission • 1988 – Mafiz Uddin Ahmed education commission • 1997 – M. Shamsul Haque education committee -> National Education Policy (2000) • 2002 – M. A. Bari commission • 2003 – Mohammad Moniruzzaman Mia commission • 2009 – Kabir Chowdhury education committee -> National Education Policy (2010)
- 5. Background (contd...) • NationalProfessor Kabir Chowdhury was chairman and Dr. Kazi Khaliquzzaman Ahmad was co-chairman of the committee. • 18 members worked in making the policy. • The committee was responsible to review two Education Commission Reports (1974, 1997) and National Education Policy (2000). Based on the review, they were asked to make a new education policy.
- 6. Goals and objectives •There are total 30 goals and objectives in the National Education Policy (2010) in which emphasis are given on: – morality, creativity and production oriented education; – technical and vocational education; – equity regarding gender, religion and ethnicity; – ICT and math-science education; – same curriculum and syllabus for all streams; – awareness creation on environmental issues; – education for special children, street-children and extreme- poor children’s education.
- 7. Focuses on pre-primaryand primary education • Pre-primary education for 5+ years children; • Employ female teacher for pre-primary schools; • Ensure teaching-learning process as an integrated method; • Expand primary education from five to eight years; • Implement same curriculum and syllabus for all streams; • Ensure teacher-student ratio as 1:30; • Inclusion of marginalized children; • Establish library facilities in all primary schools.
- 8. Focuses on secondaryeducation • Secondary education from grade 9 to grade 12; • Six compulsory subjects for all students of all streams i.e. general, madrassa and technical education stream; • ‘O’ and ‘A’ level considered as a special system; • Special emphasis on science education; • Ensure laboratory facilities in all secondary schools; • Teacher: students ratio would be 1:30 by 2018; • Improvement of the quality of teachers.
- 9. Focuses of tertiaryeducation • Emphasis on research and translating books in Bengali language; • More scholarship for the poor; • Journal, laboratory facilities and digitized library facilities for all; • Refreshers training for the teachers; • No institution for business purpose; • Use of television for distance education.
- 10. Focuses on technicaland vocational education • Special importance on ICT and local industry; • Include more disable students and women; • Teacher-student ratio as 1:12; • Allocate more budget on TVE; • Establish more VTTIs and TTTCs and a technical university. Primary Grade 9-10 Grade 11-12 Tertiary VocationalHigher technicalTechnical Job Job Job
- 11. Focuses on scienceand ICT education • Education start from the primary level; • Ensure computer literacy for the students of secondary and tertiary level; • Establish ICT center and telecenter in all upazilas; • Arrange international science and ICT conferences regularly; • Establish relation between universities and industry.
- 12. Focuses on madrassaeducation • Steps to increase the quality; • Rearrange of curriculum and syllabus; • Inclusion of Bangladesh studies and ICT; • Rearrange and modification of assessment system; • Improvement of quality of teachers through rigorous training.
- 13. Focuses on adultand non-formal education Adult education •Highlighted on awareness building on health and environment as well as professional development; •Target population for this group ranged from 15 to 45. Non-formal education •Emphasis on providing quality education; •Materials and teaching aids reviewed by a technical team.
- 14. Focuses on evaluationand assessment • Practice of both formative and summative evaluation; • Assess students’ higher order skills, not only knowledge; • Coordination of admission tests among the universities.
- 15. Focuses on environmentaleducation • Awareness building on climate change and environmental issues to all students; • Inclusion of contents regarding climate and environmental change in the textbooks; • Awareness creation on health and climate through adult education; • Provision of environment education through science education from primary to tertiary level.
- 16. Other areas offocuses • More training programme on agriculture education; • Ensure quality of law education; • Importance on special education and gender studies; • Prohibition of corporeal and mental punishment; • Recruitment of new competent teacher by a new commission; • Special budget for women education.
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