The Role of Bangladesh Government in Implementation of Right to Education for Underprivileged Children: Emerging Challenges and Prospects

Abstract Information: The research project aims at investigating a better understanding of emerging challenges for underprivileged children, which derive from poverty, socio-economic complexities, and educational exclusion. It would like to evaluate the role of the Bangladesh Government in the implementation of the right to education for underprivileged children.
1. to implement the right to education for underprivileged children through the national and international law, financial support, and full free education;
2. to examine emerging challenges for underprivileged children’s education programmes and suggest possible solutions.
3. to determine how Bangladesh Government uses demographic data on the children for educational purposes;
4. to highlight the present situation in the rural and urban areas and unveil the real picture of dropouts of education in Bangladesh.
5. to investigate an in-depth understanding of the linkages between human rights and the right to education.

Relevance Statement: Education as a right, not as a charity has already passed the test of opinio juris (international law), the ambition of a new century is for this right to be found fully implemented in practice. Education is both a human right and a vital means of promoting peace and respect for human rights and fundamental freedom. The importance of this two-track makes the right to education something more than a ‘mere right’—the fundamental right to education.
The violation of child rights is a common concern in Bangladesh. The children have basic rights to education, a balanced diet, health and nutrition, protection, participation, recreation, safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. Most of the children of Bangladesh are deprived of these basic rights. This project will examine the role of the Bangladesh Government in implementing the right to education in terms of three dimensions of policy-making (e.g., the process of formulation, the contents, and monitoring of implementation).
This research project will offer a theoretical understanding of child poverty and educational exclusion, building on the empirical findings of the fieldwork carried out in two districts (e.g., Dhaka and Thakurgaon) of Bangladesh to develop the case study through addressing the questions, “Why do so many socio-economically underprivileged children tend to drop out from education, and why does Bangladesh Government fail to implement right to education? And how can emerging challenges be solved and children be motivated to go to school?” After exploring the challenges of childhood poverty and educational exclusion, the project will demonstrate how the emerging challenges can be mitigated. Based on this examination of the phenomenon, research findings will be translated into recommendations for policy and practice to implement the right to education for socio-economically underprivileged children in Bangladesh. These findings will include- ensuring quality education for underprivileged children, mismanagement of government allocations, and the impact of poverty and social decay, like drug addiction.
This project will be primarily intended for international readers to familiarize them with some of the basics of Bangladesh education today and the emerging realities in recent times. Both rural and urban perspectives will be focused on dropout of education. This project will make use of the qualitative method. But, the quantitative method will not be chosen due to the limitation of time and scope.
During the research, both primary and secondary materials of data will be used. The primary data will be collected from the study areas and the secondary ones from different relevant publications, dissertations, books, journals, articles, reports, government publications, existing rules and regulations, and different acts and internet.
The methods of the interview as designed will be on the Semi-Structured Questionnaire, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and Case Study. The National Plan for Action (NPA) and the National Education Plan (NEP) will have special dimensions in this research.