SDG, GCED & ESD Activities
Profile of Professor M. Tariq Ahsan, PhD
Phone: +880-1711351685Profile Web: http://www.du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IER/909
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Mohammad
Tariq Ahsan has been working at the Institute of Education and Research (IER)
of the University of Dhaka since 2001. Tariq completed his PhD on teacher
preparation for inclusion in education from Monash University, Australia in
2015 under the Australian Government’s prestigious Australian Leadership Awards
(ALAs) proogramme. He did a Master’s from the Flinders University of South
Australia in 2004-05 under the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS)
programme. He has another Master’s on Education and a Bachelor of Education
(Honours) degree with high achievement and merit position from the IER,
University of Dhaka. Tariq served as the Chairman of the Department of Special
Education and Inclusion at IER, University of Dhaka in 2006-2007. Though Dr.
Ahsan’s academic career is based in Bangladesh, he put his footsteps regionally
and internationally in the areas of Educational Change and Pedagogical Reform towards
transformative skills, Digital Transformation in Education, Equity and
Inclusion in education, and Teacher preparation for futuristic education
through his research, teaching, policy reform initiatives, advocacy and
networking. Dr. Ahsan’s diversified career journey represents some unique and
solid contribution in the following areas
Contribution in SDGs, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Tariq
has extensive training on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) from the
Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU),
UNESCO in South Korea. He is one of the forerunner experts of SDG Goal 4 and
GCED initiatives working in the Asian region.
- National Lead (2016-17). A
comparative international study on coverage of SDG 4.7, GCED in the
Curriculum Contents in 20 Asian countries. Lead by MGIEP, India and
UNESCO-Bangkok.
- Member and Focal Person in
Bangladesh (2019 ongoing). GCED Network by APCEIU, UNESCO-South Korea.
- Member (2019 to till date).
GCED Regional Network managed by UNESCO-Bangkok.
- Advisor (2019). GCED Survey
in the Asia Pacific: Bangladesh Context. by NCTB.
- Member (2017-18). Technical
Committee on SDG 4 framework Development by Bangladesh National Commission
for UNESCO, MoE.
- Team Leader (2018). Review
of Education Policies and Plans to Identify the Priority Aspects for
Inclusion in line with SDG 4 in Bangladesh, UNESCO Dhaka.
- Team Leader (2022). Learning
for Empathy (SDG 4.7): Teacher Exchange and Support Programme through
Experiential Learning. Organized by MoE and UNESCO.
- Team Leader (2019-2022).
Learning for Empathy (SDG 4.7): Teacher Exchange and Support Programme
through Experiential Learning. Organized by DME and UNESCO.
- Lead Reviewer and
Facilitator (2021-2024). Review of National Academy for Educational
Management Approaches for mainstreaming GCED, ESD and SDG 4.7. Organized
by NAEM, MoE.