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Siddiqa, Nasrin – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2019
As one of the world's fastest-growing economies, Bangladesh aims to become a middle-income country by 2021 and a high-income country by 2041. To attain these goals, the country must face global challenges head on by strengthening existing industries and preparing itself for industries that have yet to emerge. To do this, it must tap the full…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, STEM Education, Rural Schools
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Del Franco, Nicoletta – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This study focuses on girl college students in a rural area of South West Bangladesh exploring the meaning and value they give to higher secondary education. By listening to their voices, the ethnography shows that unlike their younger counterparts, who stop studying in order to get married, girls who enrol at college develop more complex and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Secondary Education, Females