Coronavirus Outbreak, Schooling and Learning: Study on Secondary School Students in Bangladesh

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Key Information

Education systems all around the globe are facing unprecedented disruptions with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing social distancing measures taken to flatten the curve. It is an even bigger problem for Bangladesh, where the education system is quite vulnerable, as it is. This study will act as pulse check on the children’s acceptance of the technology based learning initiatives taken by the government, and the long term impact on their development caused by the disruption.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Bangladesh

Activity URL

https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/study/coronavirus-outbreak-schooling-and-learning-study-on-secondary-school-students-in-bangladesh/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment
  • Secondary Enrollment

Quality

  • School quality

Skills

  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

11 - 18

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Educational Technology

  • Computer-assisted learning
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning

Other

  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased test scores
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown