Economics of Innovation and Perceptions of Renewed Education and Curriculum Design in Bangladesh

TL;DR

This paper examines the challenges faced by Bangladesh's creative curriculum implementation, highlighting issues like exam malpractice, resource shortages, and inadequate training that hinder educational quality despite policy reforms.

Contribution

It provides a qualitative analysis of factors affecting the effectiveness of Bangladesh's innovative education system post-curriculum reform.

Findings

Question paper leakage and resource shortages hinder implementation

Inadequate teacher training affects curriculum delivery

Student performance remains poor despite curriculum changes

Abstract

The creative Education system is one of the effective education systems in many countries like Finland, Denmark, and South Korea. Bangladesh Government has also launched the creative curriculum system in 2009 in both primary and secondary levels, where changes have been made in educational contents and exam question patterns. These changes in the previous curriculum aimed to avoid memorization and less creativity and increase the students' level of understanding and critical thinking. Though the Government has taken these steps, the quality of the educational system in Bangladesh is still deteriorating. Since the curriculum has been changed recently, this policy issue got massive attention of the people because the problem of a substandard education system has arisen. Many students have poor performances in examinations, including entrance hall exams in universities and board examinations. This deteriorating situation is mostly for leakage of question paper, inadequate equipment and materials, and insufficient training. As a result, the existing education system has failed to provide the standard level of education. This research will discuss and find why this creative educational system is getting impacted by these factors. It will be qualitative research. A systematic questionnaire will interview different school teachers, parents, experts, and students.