EiE & ECCD Initiatives
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 on Education in Emergencies (EiE) and ECCD
Dr.
M. Tariq Ahsan was engaged as a Technical Committee Member (2017 to 2018) in
the Development of a learning framework for the forcefully displaced Myanmar Nationals
(FDMN), popularly known as Rohiyanga population, in Bangladesh that was
organized by UNICEF & UNHCR Bangladesh immediately after the Rohiyanga
displacement happened in 2017. Based on that Learning Framework education of
FDMN is going on till to date. Dr. Ahsan was also a Review Team Member (2019)
of the Textbooks and learning materials developed by UNICEF Bangladesh for the
displaced Rohiyanga children in Bangladesh. Tariq Ahsan also conducted an
intensive study on the stakeholder’s perception about learning challenges and
equity and inclusion during COVID-19 in Bangladesh. He is also the Lead author
of a Bangla book on “Post Covid Education and Teaching Learning
Strategies”. Later, Dr. Ahsan he also led a study on the ECCD model
applied by the VSO Bangladesh for the displaced Rohiyanga children in
Bangladesh.
Dr.
Ahsan also has significant contribution in ECCD issues at National level in
Bangladesh. He was a Technical Committee Member (2015 to 2016) of development
of a significant milestone known as the Early Learning Development Standard (ELDS)
in Bangladesh initiated by the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs. He was
also engaged as a member of the committee in the development of the Operational
Framework of ECCD policy for the Government of Bangladesh. Besides, he was a
Technical Committee Member (2018-19) of the Development of a Standardized
Adolescent Empowerment Package. MoWCA. Dr. Ahsan also conducted a study as a
team lead on ‘Mapping of Approaches and Sustainability Analysis of Community
based Child Care Centers in Bangladesh’ in 2019.