Education

Are grown-ups responsible for children’s apathy to reading?

October 8, 2017h1, Library, Policy Breakfast

Forcing children to focus only on text books, discouraging reading for pleasure, reduced parent-child engagement, not encouraging storytelling, are some of the ways adults are causing apathy among the children towards...

Local Library Condition : Challenges and opportunities

August 30, 2017British Council, h3, Library, LU, Policy Forum, Policy Forum

A policy forum was held at Jassore public Library on 10th August, 2017 as part of the Libraries Unlimited Policy and Advocacy series. IID, as the Policy Partner of the...

Quality Education for Next Generation

August 24, 2017Budget & Economy, Education, Research

In the beginning of 2017, IID, along with Brac International jointly conducted a nation wide survey, where they asked total 5125 citizens of Bangladesh about their expectations of the current...

Increase youth employability through modern libraries

July 27, 2017h7, Library, LU, Policy Breakfast, Policy Breakfast Vlog, Uncategorized

Through access to information and technology, modern libraries can play a crucial role in youth employability, participants discussed at the IID policy breakfast held in Dhaka on 26 July 2017....

Community ownership a must for future libraries

July 22, 2017British Council, h9, ICT4D, Library, LU, Participation, policies4libraries, Policy Breakfast

Community engagement and community ownership of libraries need to be emphasized for the sustainability of any library movement, mentioned participants at the policy breakfast held in Dhaka on 22 July...

IID joins Libraries Unlimited as Policy Partner

July 13, 2017Library, policies4libraries, Uncategorized

IID has joined the Libraries Unlimited programme as a Policy Partner and will work with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh and the British Council. The...

Civil society can be the third eye to put SDG on track

March 16, 2017Education, PAL Network, Participation, SDG

In a session on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Data, IID highlighted the need for evidence and citizen-led household-based survey to monitor the SDG goal 4.1–ensure free, equitable and...

IID at University of Veracruz

March 15, 2017Education

On 15 March, 2017, IID attended a seminar on international education at the University of Veracruz, which was organised by MIA (MediciónIndependiente de Aprendizajes) team. The CEO of IID, Syeed...

Study on scaling up Sisimpur’s primary school initiatives

March 5, 2017Education, Research

IID is assessing the scalability of Sisimpur’s school intervention project on enhancing essential life skills. Sisimpur is a popular initiative of Sesame Workshop Bangladesh, and IID’s study will assess its...

Education policy needs to be aligned with MDG

December 18, 2016Education, Participation

Many countries find it difficult to move from MDG's focus on 'education for all' to the SDG's focus on quality and lifelong learning, participants observed in the 4th Annual Meetings...

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