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Our final Report is out...


Education systems in low-income countries like Bangladesh have rapidly

responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with extremely limited resources, resulting in

adaptive and unique approaches to teaching and learning (use of mobile phones;

national television; online live teaching and downloadable resources), but many

children are missing out on critical periods of their education. The situation is

exacerbated due to the Covid-19 pandemic and reform in the education policy is

underway in response. The research project ‘Crisis-led approaches to teaching

and learning in Bangladesh: new frameworks for outdoor, blended learning in

low-income country contexts’ addressed these challenges and seeks to inform

policy through developing a framework to combine digital learning with outdoor

learning for primary education in Bangladesh, to mitigate the impact of the

pandemic, but also to improve children’s educational and wellbeing outcomes in

the longer term.


Through working in partnership between Cardiff University, Bangladesh University

of Engineering and Technology (BUET), #NextGenEdu and Aspire to Innovate (a2i),

and directly with primary teachers and schools, we have developed an evidence

base of the emerging responses to remote, blended, and outdoor learning in

schools, households, and neighbourhoods during the pandemic, and developed a

collaborative network to address current problems and frame new solutions. The

project activities (a review of existing evidence, a stakeholder workshop to explore

existing practices and needs for research, field research in Bangladesh and a

dissemination workshop) were jointly conducted by Cardiff University, BUET, a2i,

and #NextGenEdu between February and October 2021 and supported by HEFCW

GCRF funds.


This report draws on the findings from the review of existing

evidence and field research at two phases (telephone survey with 201 primary

school teachers and headteachers, in-depth interviews and creative methods with 20 families, and in-depth case studies of six promising teaching and learning

practices). You can download the report here


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