Bangladesh must rebuild its public universities now

For decades, Bangladesh has invested heavily in human capital. Public funds sustain millions of students through primary, secondary, and higher secondary education. Families allocate significant income to examinations and university preparation. Public universities are subsidised so that merit, rather than wealth, determines opportunity.That investment has produced globally competitive graduates. Many...

Reimagining Bangladesh's education for Generation Alpha

According to UNESCO (2023), 92 per cent of Bangladesh's Generation Alpha - born in 2010 and after - is the country's biggest and most technologically savvy group. Despite having enormous economic potential, children are taught using a mass-production, industrial-era educational system that views students as objects rather than people. A...