Problems and opportunities of Education for the people living in polder areas in bangladesh: a study on rajshahi district

Abstract

Education is a method of assisting learning or the attainment of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits. So, the equal opportunity of education is an important factor affecting the overall development of a country. The problems and oppo1tunities of education in a country like Bangladesh can be understood in the context of identical development, people having the educational oppo1tunities and the state of education providing, thereby from an understanding of the advancement of education in the country. The apposite development of Bangladesh may be hampered if the educational status of the polder people remains as low as it is today. Though constitution of Bangladesh has given equal civil rights to every citizen of this country but the polders people in Bangladesh feel disadvantaged in every sphere of their lives. Right from their bi1th, due to be the inhabitants of remote areas, they face discriminations in both their social and public lives. In this ground, the present research has explored the problems and opportunities of education for the people living in the polder areas of Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. Both as an explorative as well as descriptive in nature, this study has been conducted to explore the problems and opportunities of education for the polders people living in the selected polders of Rajshahi district. The population of this study conducted on 342 respondents, consisting of the students living in the study area who are enrolled in the 8 ( eight) schools located in the 5 (five) polders, parents of the students, teachers those who are serving in the selected schools and local leaders in those polder area. Moreover, three case studies of students and two focus group discussions have been carried out with seven to thi1teen persons in each group. According to the educational situation of the polder areas, present study has focused on these priority themes­( 1 )Problems of education in the polder areas(2) The opportunities of education for the polder people in Rajshahi District and (3) Relationship between the socio-economic situation and the polder education of the study area.