This chapter provides a historical perspective on the evolving concepts of lifelong learning and the learning society and makes the case for the community learning centre as a potential institutional vehicle for the promotion ...

Sexually diverse and marginalized groups are constantly challenged to create spaces for realizing their sexual fantasies, desires and politics within the all-pervasiveness of heterosexual spaces. Technology has brought ...

This article examines the way the World Bank policy discourse in education relates development to quality of education and the underlying agenda. It argues that development and education have been defined deficiently, ...

The teacher's role is the key to achieve results in child-friendly schools and learning spaces. Therefore, the required training and support to prepare teachers for this important role must be a priority (LINICEF, 2009, ...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) initiative have influenced educational development in poor countries both positively and negatively. From the perspective of Bangladesh, international ...

Academic achievement in a child's life begins formally within school settings. We expect that children would enjoy school and enthusiastically attend school regularly. Several studies have emphasized the importance of ...

Children's regular participation in physical activity has multiple benefits to children's physical and mental health. Not only this, physical activity is identified as one of the basic preventive measures for non-communicable ...

Children living in the street are an increasing phenomenon in developing countries. As in other developing countries, there has been a rise in street children population in the urban areas of Bangladesh. Street children ...

Teachers are the most influential persons for a child for whom teachers create the social context of learning. Teachers' contribution is part and parcel of children's life. Teachers provide the scaffolding for social ...

Corporal punishment is a common phenomenon in Bangladeshi schools. On 13 January, 2011 The High Court division of The Supreme Court issued a ruling on prohibiting of corporal punishment. Subsequently, The Ministry of ...