Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?

Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest school systems with more than 21 million students enrolled in pre-primary and primary education. However, only 58 percent of 10-year-olds in Bangladesh are able to read a simple passage with little or no he...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIAL RESULTS-BASED FINANCING EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION FINANCE MINORITY LANGUAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/512041591936351541/Bangladesh-Can-Incentives-for-Community-Authors-Reduce-Shortages-in-Minority-Language-Reading-Materials http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33915

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spelling	okr-10986-339152021-05-25T10:54:36Z Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials? World Bank SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIAL RESULTS-BASED FINANCING EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION FINANCE MINORITY LANGUAGE Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest school systems with more than 21 million students enrolled in pre-primary and primary education. However, only 58 percent of 10-year-olds in Bangladesh are able to read a simple passage with little or no help, a smaller proportion than other countries including Botswana, Cambodia, or India. One of the challenges faced is the country’s wide variety of languages, 41 in total, of which 16 are in common use. In Bangladesh, indigenous students, those from outside the main Bengali ethnic group are half as likely to complete primary school. One of the reasons for that is that they do not understand the national language, Bangla, which is the language used in their schools. Evidence from a wide range of countries suggests that allowing students to learn in their mother tongue, at least in the early years of education, improves learning outcomes. 2020-06-15T17:11:46Z 2020-06-15T17:11:46Z 2020-05 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/512041591936351541/Bangladesh-Can-Incentives-for-Community-Authors-Reduce-Shortages-in-Minority-Language-Reading-Materials http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33915 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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description	Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest school systems with more than 21 million students enrolled in pre-primary and primary education. However, only 58 percent of 10-year-olds in Bangladesh are able to read a simple passage with little or no help, a smaller proportion than other countries including Botswana, Cambodia, or India. One of the challenges faced is the country’s wide variety of languages, 41 in total, of which 16 are in common use. In Bangladesh, indigenous students, those from outside the main Bengali ethnic group are half as likely to complete primary school. One of the reasons for that is that they do not understand the national language, Bangla, which is the language used in their schools. Evidence from a wide range of countries suggests that allowing students to learn in their mother tongue, at least in the early years of education, improves learning outcomes.
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title	Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
title_short	Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
title_full	Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
title_fullStr	Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
title_full_unstemmed	Bangladesh : Can Incentives for Community Authors Reduce Shortages in Minority Language Reading Materials?
title_sort	bangladesh : can incentives for community authors reduce shortages in minority language reading materials?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/512041591936351541/Bangladesh-Can-Incentives-for-Community-Authors-Reduce-Shortages-in-Minority-Language-Reading-Materials http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33915
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