‘Change assessment system at schools’
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for bringing about a change to the testing and assessment system of the schools as the current system encourages students to memorise more.
They also suggested arranging tuitions for students after school hours to reduce the dropout rate.
The seminar titled “Education at primary and secondary level: Insights from research” was jointly organised by Economic Research Group (ERG) and International Growth Centre (IGC) at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the city.
The speakers said the country's primary and secondary education still lacked quality.
Presenting a research paper, Atonu Rabbani of Dhaka University (DU) suggested reassessing the testing materials and, if necessary, the associated textbooks to improve the quality of education.
Ummul Ruthbah of DU, while presenting another paper based an NGO's education support programme, showed that the drop out rate can be lowered significantly with the support of after-hour tuitions to the students.
Prof Aminul Islam Chowdhury chaired the seminar while
M Niaz Asadullah of Reading University, and ERG Research Director Sajjad Zohir also spoke.
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