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AASCTF Digital Solutions Brief: Digitized Solutions Connecting Labor Market and Students

8 December 2020
This 2-page document sets out opportunities, benefits and prerequisites for pursuing EdTech to bridge the labor demand and skills gap, with two use cases showcasing country-wide application of such approaches.

Using AI for Skills Anticipation and Planning

8 December 2020
The presentation emphasized how AI and technology can be applied to help students and individuals access real-time labour market information. Assisted by machine intelligence, educators can empower students to make better informed career decisions and learning choices.

[VIDEO] The Impact of COVID-19 and Government Lockdown on Children’s Schooling, Time Use and Marriage Timing in Rural Bangladesh

17 November 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor in developing countries is increasingly becoming a matter of concern. The poor seem more vulnerable to the COVID-19 infection given a congested and unhygienic environment, and its insufficient treatment in a poor medical system. Not only these direct…

[VIDEO] Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self- Learning at the Right Level

17 November 2020
This paper investigates the effectiveness of a globally popular method of self-learning at the right level in improving learning outcome — the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities — of disadvantaged pupils in a developing country, Bangladesh. Using a randomized control trial design, we find…

[VIDEO] Conditional Cash Transfer, Loss Framing, and SMS Nudges: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Bangladesh

17 November 2020
Cash transfers conditional on school attendance have gained increasing popularity over the past couple of decades. This study seeks to shed light on two issues that may complement such conditional cash transfers (CCTs): (i) loss framing of awards and (ii) SMS information nudges. SMS information…

[VIDEO] Impact of Floods on Education Outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh Using Satellite and Census Data

17 November 2020
We examine the impact of floods on education outcomes in Bangladesh. We combine the census data of all secondary schools with the flood measures constructed from satellite images at the union level (lowest administrative unit) for the years 2011-2018. We find that passing rates of school based…

[VIDEO] The Female Secondary Stipend and Assistance Program in Bangladesh: What did It Accomplish?

17 November 2020
The Government of Bangladesh introduced the Female Secondary Stipend and Assistance Program (FSSAP) in 1994 with the support of development partners, including the Asian Development Bank, to increase female secondary school enrollment and completion, as well as discourage early marriage. The…

Meeting the Challenges of the New Normal (Bangladesh)

12 October 2020
Presentation of the representatives from Bangladesh on meeting the challenges of the new normal in education.

FAQs for COVID-19 Infection in Singapore

5 October 2020
This is a resource website by Singapore’s Ministry of Education, with guidelines for precautionary measures that can be adopted by schools, the conduct of national examinations and home-based learning.

Meeting the Challenges of the New Normal in School Education (Bangladesh)

5 October 2020
Country presentation of Bangladesh on meeting the new normal in school education.