Review
...presents an intensive analysis of the impact of administrative reform in Rupushi upazila...will be of most interest to those who are studying the links between governance, administration and effective teaching and learning.>>>> (Richard J. Bates
J. Curriculum Studies )
This ethnographic case study of the administration of primary education in a Bangladesh upazila (municipal division) provides an illuminating picture of the bureaucratic structures developed to promote universal primary education in that country. Following the lead of the late Thomas B. Greenfield, the author does a laudable job of situating his study within the historical and social context of Bangladeshi culture.>>> (Richard J. Bates
Journal Of Educational Thought )
M.H. Hossain's book provides timely insights into two relevant but relatively neglected topics: the administrative infrastructure of the primary education system--both actual and planned--of a least developed country and the role of middle and lower level bureaucrats in mediating that infrastructure at the school level...the dilemmas will ring true to a wide audience.>>> (Richard J. Bates
Comparative Education )
This is a splendid ethnography which sets out in blindingly clear data the reasons why formal bureaucratic systems impede rather than facilitate educational development....There is a lot to be learnt from this book.>>>> (Richard J. Bates )
This is a splendid ethnography which sets out in blindingly clear data the reasons why formal bureaucratic systems impede rather than facilitate educational development....There is a lot to be learnt from this book. (Richard J. Bates )
...presents an intensive analysis of the impact of administrative reform in Rupushi upazila...will be of most interest to those who are studying the links between governance, administration and effective teaching and learning. (Richard J. Bates
J. Curriculum Studies )
This ethnographic case study of the administration of primary education in a Bangladesh upazila (municipal division) provides an illuminating picture of the bureaucratic structures developed to promote universal primary education in that country. Following the lead of the late Thomas B. Greenfield, the author does a laudable job of situating his study within the historical and social context of Bangladeshi culture. (Richard J. Bates
Journal Of Educational Thought )
M.H. Hossain's book provides timely insights into two relevant but relatively neglected topics: the administrative infrastructure of the primary education system--both actual and planned--of a least developed country and the role of middle and lower level bureaucrats in mediating that infrastructure at the school level...the dilemmas will ring true to a wide audience. (Richard J. Bates
Comparative Education )
About the Author
Muhammad Hedayet Hossain is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Government College in Bangladesh.
