Development of Primary Education in Bangladesh: The Ways Ahead

Mahmudul Alam
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Mahmudul Alam: Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2000, vol. 26, issue 4, 39-68

Abstract: The paper is an attempt to analyse development of primary education in Bangladesh in the 1990s. It studies different State, school and programme-based interventions undertaken in the country to make an ' effective school'. On the basis of school, household and pupil-based crosssection data, empirical research shows that a set of basic inputs such as supply of instruction materials, adequate contact hours, a good mix of teaching practices, well-trained and motivated teachers is necessary to make the school effective. It is observed that the teachers in the non-State schools and NGO sector with lower salary levels are performing better.Therefore, further encouragement of non-State primary schools with more community participation may be an innovation in the right direction.

Keywords: Primary education; Elementary schools; Free schools; Public schools; Development studies; School enrollment; Community schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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