Enhancement of Learning Competency for the Most Marginal Students in Bandarban Using Technology-based Approach

An Agami-UNICEF Partnership in Bandarban, Bangladesh

Bandarban is one of the 3 hill districts of Bangladesh. The quality of life in this district is still far behind due to various reasons such as inaccessibility due to location, inadequacy of facilities, lack of communication etc. The educational system of this region, which has been regressive for a long time, has low standards and backwardness. Hence a long-term learning shortage can be observed among the students. According to the National Assessment of Secondary Students (NASS) report, Bandarban district lags behind the national average in almost every education indicator as well as the secondary NAR (NAR-Net Advanced Ratio) by 31.8 percentage points.

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As per Bangladesh’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)-2019 data, Bandarban district lags behind the national averagein almost every education indicator as well as the secondary NAR (Net Attendance Ratio) by 31.8 percent points. After long school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation worsened.  In other parts of the country, attempts have been made to fill this learning gap through remote learning on television or the Internet,but in many cases it has not been possible to reach students in the marginal and remote areas of Bandarban. UNICEF is working to improve the quality of education of these students in the mountainous region.

UNICEF is working to improve the quality of education of these students in the hill tracts.

 Recently, the project “ Appropriate use of technology to improve the quality of education at the marginal level” has been started by UNICEF and AGAMI Education Foundation. 30 schools in 5 upazilas of Bandarban are working to ensure the proper use of educational technology to improve the mathematical skills of sixth grade students.

Recently, UNICEF, in collaboration with Agami Education Foundation, has initiated a project named “Enhancement of Learning Competency for the Most Marginal Students in Bandarban Using Technology-based Approach” . They are working to ensure the use of education technology to enhance the numeracy skill of the students of grade 6 of 30 schools in 5 Upazilas of Bandarban. The main goal of AGAMI is to advance students in education with the help of modern and timely innovations in educational technology and create equal opportunities in education. Before providing technical support to schools, teachers and head teachers are trained in different models of teaching and digital literacy.

Teachers and Headteachers were trained in different models of teaching and digital literacy before providing technological support to the schools.