On January 25, 2019, VAB organized a day-long Workshop on CPAR at the VAB Training Center at Adabor, Dhaka. The focus of Participatory Action Research is on collective inquiry and search drawing upon experience and social history. VAB’s innovative measures for quality education in rural Bangladesh can benefit immensely from PAR. The workshop was thus directed to 20 Headmasters and Teachers from partner rural high schools of VAB from different parts of Bangladesh.

Professor Anisur Rahman, a celebrated economist of Bangladesh and a pioneer in PAR, addressed the workshop. He emphasized the importance of casting aside the distinction between the “researchers” and the “researched”, and of collaborative research among them. In this context, he introduced two words of African origin: “uakana” (build one another) and “uglolana” (sharpen one another). Dr. Meghna Guhathakurta, Executive Director of RIB (Research Initiatives, Bangladesh) narrated some of the work of RIB to explain how PAR can be applied in practice. Professor M. M. Akash of Dhaka University pointed out the need for focus on avoiding dependence and keeping the sustainability issue at the forefront. Mr. Amin Rahman, an engineer and a linguist explained how the principles of PAR can be introduced in a teaching-learning environment in high schools.

Professor Jasimuz Zaman, Country Director of VAB, welcomed the honored guests and explained how VAB pursues its quality education program with inclusivity of all the stakeholders for schools – students, teachers, management, parents, community leaders and education officials. The Headmasters briefly narrated the recent attainments of the schools in association with VAB.

Quality education for the underprivileged in rural Bangladesh.

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