The other side of studying abroad

Throughout the country, parents are selling their property, gold ornaments or savings bonds to send their sons and daughters abroad as students, often on the recommendation of an education consultancy firm and without proper knowledge of the institution or the job market they will enter. The BRAC Migration Programme and...

Classroom is not where educational inequality begins

When Bangladesh discusses educational inequality, the conversation almost always begins with money. We debate tuition fees, stipends, free textbooks, and the rising cost of private tutoring, assuming that financial hardship is the primary barrier separating successful students from those who struggle. While these concerns are undeniably important, they tell only...