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Makale Özeti:
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Education has been considered as a priority sector and a great challenge to the
Bangladesh Government, with a view to transforming human potential into a
productive workforce. The conventional face to face education system is not enough to
cope with the need of an ever increasing population, rapid changes in human
knowledge and the global context being changed. Education through open and distance
learning (ODL) has been recognized as an important alternative in the country.
Bangladesh Open University (BOU), established in 1992, has been mandated to
improve the quality, relevance and efficiency of the education system with a view to
eradicating illiteracy, developing human resources and alleviating poverty in the
country.
This article outlines the services provided by BOU, and explains how BOU utilizes its
infrastructure and support services to deliver formal and non-formal programmes in
basic and applied sciences, agriculture, technology, health, environment, education,
language, teaching education, literature, population and gender issues to create
awareness and promote knowledge. The impact of the programmes are reviewed and
evaluated, based on feedback studies with target groups, and with particular reference
to ODL in agriculture and rural development.
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