To address the challenges of the 21st century where a labourer from Bangladesh
competes with one from Sri Lanka for a job in Malaysia, our country’s education
system must re-invent itself to produce
confidence. The curriculum must incorporate material to develop the requisite
skills; the teaching methods must embrace collaboration and creative problem
solving for the locality; the system of assessment must
measure whether the
children are growing up to be good citizens and how much they can really
contribute to nation building; and, most importantly, the educational governance
must make sure the curriculum, teaching, and assessment deliver results that move
the nation forward.
Not only the developed countries, but also the developing nations including
Bangladesh are making increasing use of ICT to offer better services to the people
and to ensure accountability and transparency. The use of ICT in all of its
conceivable and readily available forms can enable us to achieve successes in the
area of education.
A. Electronic Publication of Exam Results
The two major state certification exam results (SSC and HSC) are now
published electronically. Previously, the procedure of viewing a student’s result was
rather cumbersome which involved standing in long lines and flocking at the
schools. With the new system, the students can receive their exam results through
email or can view it via web or mobile.
G. GIS-Based Education Planning
This Geographic Information System (GIS) map-based software by BANBEIS
is a powerful planning tool for the policy makers. It quickly helps identify areas for
intervention based on priority criteria such as underserved status, poor teacher
training, lacking or disaster-affected infrastructure, and other critical educational
issues.
Digital Content for Education
Many of the NGOs of the country including BRAC, which has an extensive
network of schools in the country, have started producing audio-visual content for
teacher training and students. Although in its infancy at the moment, the digital
content for education is being planned as a significant thrust area of the country at
the moment with many public-private partnership efforts developing. Thousands
of schools are being equipped with modest computers laboratories, internet
connection is spreading quickly to secondary educational institutions and digital
content is increasingly being used to improve the quality of science, mathematics
and English education in secondary schools.
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