Bangladesh is making a serious attempt to improve its schools
It hopes to move away from rote learning and towards actual learning
FEW IN BANGLADESH would deny that their country has had remarkable success at getting kids into classrooms. Four decades ago less than a third of children finished primary school. Today, 80% do. Before the pandemic, more Bangladeshi girls than boys attended high school. In India and Pakistan, the reverse is true.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Levelling up”
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