Open and Distance Learning towards the Eradication of Illiteracy of the Tea-Garden Workers in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects

Autor/inn/en	Roy, Sodip; Sattar, Md. Abdus
Titel	Open and Distance Learning towards the Eradication of Illiteracy of the Tea-Garden Workers in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 16 (2015) 2, S.69-83 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Open Education; Distance Education; Foreign Countries; Agricultural Laborers; Disadvantaged; Illiteracy; Educational Attainment; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Familiarity; Access to Education; Educational Strategies; Nongovernmental Organizations; Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Agricultural labourers; Landarbeiter; Analphabetismus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lehrstrategie; Bangladesch
Abstract	Development of a society means the accumulation of improvement of all units of the society whatever it is small or large and important or less important. Needless to say that education goes identical with development. We have a large number of marginal people in different sector and region. Tea garden workers are one of them who are working silently for the improvement of the nation but they are not getting any educational degree in spite of their noble intention. Most of them are illiterate. Even they cannot make simple calculation of their household. Moreover, tea garden worker are low paid. About 56 percent labor work six days and 23 percent in seven days in a week but most of them are paid monthly less than 2500 taka for each. Yet they (63 percent) want to study again though they face financial problem (77 percent) and rest of them say about communication problem, unavailability of schools, adjustment problem with the schedule of the school, unwillingness of the authority and limited scope for the aged and dropped. Few of them claim against the management authority who often reluctant to give any chance for their betterment. It is impossible for them to avail conventional education. Resultantly it seems that only education through open and distance learning will be effective for them. In this study, it will endeavor to explore strategic issues and prospects of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) provided by Bangladesh Open University for the tea garden worker in the different regions of Bangladesh. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01