Teaching challenges in a large classroom in the secondary schools of ‎Bangladesh

  • Authors

    • Md. Romzan Ali Akanda District Education Officer, Bogura, Bangladesh
    • Md Tozammel Haque District Education Officer, Bogura, Bangladesh‎ & School of Education, Bangladesh Open Univer-sity

    Received date: March 22, 2025

    Accepted date: April 4, 2025

    Published date: April 13, 2025

    https://doi.org/10.14419/9wpd0g40
  • A Large Classroom, Feedback; Facilitation, Strategy; Pedagogy, Quality Education, Challenging

  • Abstract

    Bangladesh is an overpopulated country, and it has a direct impact on the classroom settings. ‎Teachers are exerting themselves to ensure a quality education, but they encounter a lot of ‎problems. This mixed-method study tried to reveal the true picture of the secondary education of ‎Bangladesh. Teachers have participated in the study by filling out questionnaires and online ‎interviews from different areas of the country, both from urban and rural areas. Both quantitative ‎and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. From the analysis, the study has found that the ‎number is higher than the expectation of the teachers. The ratio is very high in many ‎schools. Giving individual feedback is the most challenging for them, and facilitating classroom ‎activities is also challenging. They applied their pedagogical strategies, but those are not ‎enough. It needs the attention of the authority to solve it‎.

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    Md. Romzan Ali Akanda, & Haque , M. T. . (2025). Teaching challenges in a large classroom in the secondary schools of ‎Bangladesh. SPC Journal of Education, 6(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.14419/9wpd0g40

    Received date: March 22, 2025

    Accepted date: April 4, 2025

    Published date: April 13, 2025