Manzoor Ahmed

Dr Manzoor Ahmed is professor emeritus at Brac University, chair of Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN), adviser to CAMPE Council, and associate editor at the International Journal of Educational Development.

What does banning campus politics mean?

A ban on campus politics seems to be an easy answer. But what does it mean and how will it work?

1m ago

An education memorandum

The interim government has to decide guidelines for the minimum reform targets to achieve, and where to begin.

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The education mission for the interim government

Students should have the right to have a role in managing the education and co-curricular activities of their institutions

2m ago

We must step back from the precipice

If the ruling party leaders don’t understand or pretend not to understand why students are not staying back at home (their campuses and dormitories remain shuttered), we are in much deeper trouble than one could imagine

2m ago

When a quick buck reigns supreme

The cloud of dystopia thickens as public perception connects the dotted line between pervasive corruption, greed, inefficiency and ineptitude.

3m ago

Can the latest school census data help curb dropout?

We cannot continue to keep primary and secondary education in discrete boxes and try to plan and manage these separately.

3m ago

Education budget: A futile debate achieving little

The new budget can be described as a “crisis response”

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We need a universal school education programme

Two observations are pertinent here. Primary education up to class VIII as a compulsory and universal stage of education is a 50-year-old idea broached first in 1974 Qudrat-e-Khuda Commission report and reiterated in Education Policy 2010.

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September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024

What does banning campus politics mean?

A ban on campus politics seems to be an easy answer. But what does it mean and how will it work?

September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024

An education memorandum

The interim government has to decide guidelines for the minimum reform targets to achieve, and where to begin.

August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024

The education mission for the interim government

Students should have the right to have a role in managing the education and co-curricular activities of their institutions

August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

We must step back from the precipice

If the ruling party leaders don’t understand or pretend not to understand why students are not staying back at home (their campuses and dormitories remain shuttered), we are in much deeper trouble than one could imagine

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024

When a quick buck reigns supreme

The cloud of dystopia thickens as public perception connects the dotted line between pervasive corruption, greed, inefficiency and ineptitude.

July 1, 2024
July 1, 2024

Can the latest school census data help curb dropout?

We cannot continue to keep primary and secondary education in discrete boxes and try to plan and manage these separately.

June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024

Education budget: A futile debate achieving little

The new budget can be described as a “crisis response”

May 26, 2024
May 26, 2024

We need a universal school education programme

Two observations are pertinent here. Primary education up to class VIII as a compulsory and universal stage of education is a 50-year-old idea broached first in 1974 Qudrat-e-Khuda Commission report and reiterated in Education Policy 2010.

May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024

Why student evaluation in the new curriculum is most challenging

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has proposed a new evaluation method for secondary and higher secondary students that will require students to sit for five hours of testing for each subject: four hours of “practical” group work and an hour of “theoretical” written test. Three s

April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024

How much you can pay decides what education your child gets

After three decades since the primary education pledge was made, the cost of a child’s education remains a heavy burden for some 80 lakh households.