Thematic Presentations
Thematic Presentation
Asian Centre for Inclusive Education has been organizing national and international conferences for almost a decade and trying to create a platform where students, researchers, development practitioners, and policymakers can disseminate their ideas on inclusive education. The 6th International Conference on Equity and Inclusion in Education 2022 was a platform where students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from 17 countries came to present their ideas on practices, success stories, innovation, and way forwards toward achieving equity and inclusion in education. For 78 conference papers that were submitted, the organizing committee decided on dividing them into 20 concurrent sessions. The list of all the papers that were submitted under the 10 sub-themes are the following:
Sub-Theme 1: Global Citizenship for Sustainable Future (GCED, ESD, Learning for Empathy)
- Envisioning Sustainability by navigating students becoming global citizens
Chitra Bajpai, Research Scholar, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, India - Addressing Disability Issues in Pedagogical Practices of Citizenship Education in Secondary Education Level in Bangladesh
Shawon Azad, York University, United Kingdom - Social inclusion of Bangladeshi young people studying in Australian universities: Looking through the lens of global citizenship
Md Tariqul Islam, PhD, BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, Bangladesh - Promoting empathy through experiential learning: examples from Bangladesh
Shereen Akther, Program Officer, UNESCO Dhaka & Prof M. Tariq Ahsan, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sub-Theme 2: Future Skills for Changing Contexts (Rethinking Soft skills, Transferrable skills, Foundational skills, Disability Inclusive TVET)
- Education in 21st Century response on collaboration, critical thinking, learning skills, opportunities, personality Development and intellectual development
Srishti Sinha, Banasthali Vidyapeeth University, Jaipur, India - Commemorating Ethical Practices to Researchers and Educators in 21st Century for Inclusive Education
Vineet Kumar, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India - The fundamentals of studies that focus on research methods and data analysis techniques in the disability field, focuses on finding out the research gaps
Kiran Chalise, PhD Scholar, School of Education, Kathmandu University, Nepal - Unequal Access to TVET Programs at Technical Training Centres (TTC) in Bangladesh: TVET Administrators’ Perspectives
Shahjahan Bhuiyan & Mahbub Hasan, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Board Bazar, Gazipur-, Bangladesh.
Sub-Theme 3: Holistic Diversity Focused Child Development (ECCD, Adolescent Development, ASRH, Mental Health)
- Mental Health of Children with Physical Disabilities: Their Social Inclusion
Professor Jace Pillay, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa - Causes of the Suicidal Behaviour among the Secondary Level Students of Dhaka and its’ Effects on the Quality of Education
Rahul Chandra Shaha, Assistant Professor; Ankhi Rani, M.Phil. Researcher & Professor Md. Fazlur Rahman, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Care For Harmony Through Multicultural Education In Melaya Village, Jembrana, Bali
Luh Putu Sri Ariyani, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia - Extended SBK Model: A Possible Solution for Continuing Early Childhood Development during Emergency Situations of 21 Century
Plan International Bangladesh
Sub-Theme 4: Education in Emergencies (Covid-19, Displaced Children, Climate Change, Conflict Zone, School Reopening)
- Perception of the parents of people with ASD on the facilitators and barriers of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Roshni Mukherjee, Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India & Santoshi Halder, Professor, Department of Education, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India - Ensuring Equity in Higher Education During Pandemic: Viewed Through The Lens Of Sen’s Capability Approach
Shnaoli Chakraborty Acharya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, West Bengal State University, Barasat, India - Challenges and Concerns Faced by School Leaders in the Philippines due to the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparison with Global Findings
Gautam Anand, Director of Research, Global School Leaders, Philippines - Response to the needs of students with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh
Sanjida Khanom & Tonni Aktar, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Innovations for Ensuring Education of Children with Disabilities during Covid Pandemic
Bhushan Punani, ICEVI Global, India - Higher Education vs COVID-19 Impact: Toward an Inclusive Higher Education Athenkosi Nzala, Learn more at LimitlessOLS, South Africa
- Child Bride to Bookworm project: Reducing school dropout in urban slums of Bangladesh- impact of COVID-19
Plan International Bangladesh - Exploring Bangladeshi Primary Teachers’ Perception Towards Blended Learning at the Time Of Emergencies
Sadap Jahan Dina, Nazifa Tabassum Bannah, Farhin Rahman Monika and Jannat Ara Barsha, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sub-Theme 5: Educational Innovation for Ensuring Equity (Models and Practices)
- Without Discrimination, Effective Interventions Shine: A Win for Persons with Disabilities
Abdoulaye Diallo, Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, United States of America - Equity In Education: Context Of Schooling of Dalit-Bind Children At Kalyani Block In West Bengal
Prodip Adhikari, Department of Education University of Kalyani, Nadia, India - Developing Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities in Selected Sri Lankan Universities
M.Ravi, Department of Philosophy & Value Studies, Faculty of Arts & Culture, Eastern University Sri Lanka - Challenges Encountered by Visually Impaired Trainee-Teachers in Written Examination: A Scenario of DPEd Exam in Bangladesh
Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddik, National Academy for Primary Education Bangladesh - A Critical Analysis of NEP2020
Amit Anand, Research Scholar, Faculty of Education L.N.M. University, Darbhanga, India - Paradoxes of inclusion: a case study from Japan
Professor Santoshi Halder, Department of Education, University of Calcutta, India - Equity and inclusion in School Education: A case of India’s education with reference to Jharkhand
Mukta Sinha, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Vinoba bhave University, Hazaribagh, India - CBM supported inclusive education (Kulaura Model) model enables children with disabilities to participate and retain in education successfully
Zakia Rahman, Programme Officer, CBMG & Tazeen Hossain, Program Manager, CBMG, Bangladesh - Without Discrimination, Effective Interventions Shine: A Win for Persons with Disabilities
Abdoulaye Diallo, Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, United States of America - Equity In Education: Context Of Schooling of Dalit-Bind Children At Kalyani Block In West Bengal
Prodip Adhikari, Department of Education University of Kalyani, Nadia, India - Developing Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities in Selected Sri Lankan Universities
M.Ravi, Department of Philosophy & Value Studies, Faculty of Arts & Culture, Eastern University Sri Lanka - Challenges Encountered by Visually Impaired Trainee-Teachers in Written Examination: A Scenario of DPEd Exam in Bangladesh
Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddik, National Academy for Primary Education Bangladesh
Sub-Theme 6: Gender Equity
- Education for Women
Lavanya Chauhan, Officer’s Enclave, Khamaria, India - Assessing gender representation in English textbooks for Rohingya refugee children in Cox’sbazar
Fatimatuj Sarwar, Freelance Researcher & Musharraf Tansen, Country Representative, Malala Fund, Bangladesh - Impact of Girl Education on Households
Pragya Milind, School of Social Sciences – II , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India - Father’s Café is the way to enhance positive parenting (PNGO SUROVI)
Plan International Bangladesh - Analysis of the Influence of Socio-Cultural Factors on Girl-Child Education in Mubi Educational Zone of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Professor Stephen Tizhe Kojigili, Faculty of Education, Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria - Explore career opportunities for diverse women in South Africa with special reference to aviation
Mabatho Sedibe, PhD, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa - Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Education Curriculum of Bangladesh: A gender lens on Bangladesh secondary education
Hasne Ara Begum (Ms.), Risk Governance Department, CARE for South Asia, Bangladesh - Engagement of Grand Parents for Creating Gender Transformative and Inclusive ECD Platform. (PNGO SAP-Bangladesh)
Plan International Bangladesh
Sub-Theme 7: Social Inclusion and Justice
- Health Self-management Effectiveness of Applying 123 Instructional Design Model for Elderly Adults in the Rural Areas
Fang-Mien Liao, Aging and Education Research Center, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan - Re-evaluating structural and systemic discrimination pertaining small ethnic and marginalized communities for inclusive and equitable education system in Bangladesh
Lawrence Besra, PhD, United States of America - Social justice and inclusive education in Holy Cross education in Bangladesh: the case of Notre Dame College
Md Shaikh Farid, PhD, Dept. of World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Fablabs: a case study towards sustainable education and equality
Md Rubayed Mehedi, Mahady Hasan, PhD, Independent University, Bangladesh - Clinical Legal Education In India: Long Way To Go
Ashish Kumar Sinha, Chanakya National Law University, Patna, India - Conflict Handling Model to Improved Productivity in Schools, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka
Shandru Mariyadas, Dept. of Education, Alagappa University, Sri Lanka - School Inclusion of Students affected by Conflict Induced Displacement in Burkina Faso
BONKOUNGOU Koug-Nongom, Assistant Professor at University of Dédougou, Burkina Faso & KOUNIKORGO Ouindinhidebzanga Fernand, Master’s Student at Naruto University of Education, Japan - Create a society for senior adults without discrimination: Experiences from Taiwan’s Active Aging Learning Program
Hui-Chuan Wei, An-Ti Lin, Department of Adult & Continuing Education, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Sub-Theme 8: Digital Transformation (Ed Tech., AI, LMS)
- Blended Mode of Teaching and Learning and its Implication on Undergraduate Class Attendance: Students’ Perspectives
Damaris Kariuki, Kenyatta University, Kenya - Impact study of data-driven automated system for maintaining Equality in Outcome Based Education
M M Mahbubul Syeed; ASM Shihavuddin, Associate Professor, Department of CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh; Faisal M. Uddin, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh; Mahady Hasan, Associate Professor, Department of CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh & Arifa Rahman, Assistant Professor, CETL, Green University of Bangladesh - Online Learning and Digital Disparity in Education
Rubina Khan, PhD, Department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh & Kh. Atikur Rahman, PhD, Department of English, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University - Empowering women through skills training on computer graphics design (CGD) during COVID-19 Pandemic: an in-depth investigation
Benadjih Oiriddine Abdou, Md. Shahadat Hossain Khan & Mahbub Hasan, Department of Technical and Vocational Education, Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh - Integrating AI in School Garden: An Explosion of Soft Skills
Sanjaya Kumar PANT, Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal - Digital Transformation (Edtech)
Abdullah Binta Suleiman, Department of Technical and Vocational Education, IUT, Bangladesh - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Support Toward Implementing Gender and Inclusive Pedagogies (GIP) Approach in the Secondary Education During COVID 19 and Beyond: A Case of Bangladesh
Shahadat Hossain Khan, Mohammad Ali Zinnah, Mohammad Tariq Ahsan, Wahiduzzaman, Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Ahsan Habib, Md. Saiful Malak, Md. Khairul Islam, Sumera Ahsan, Diba Hossain, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Quality Assurance model for LMS to facilitate Education and Equality
Md Tarek Hasan; Farhina Akter, Graduate Student, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh; Sabrina Alam, Lecturer, Department Computer Science & Engineering, Independent University, Bangladesh & Mahady Hasan Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Independent University, Bangladesh - Integration of Technology in the Classroom of India and Bangladesh
Shweta, University of Delhi, India - Developing a model for LMS to facilitate Education and Equality by following QA Mahady Hasan, Department Head, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh; Sabrina Alam, Lecturer, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh; Md Tarek Hasan; Farhina Akter, Graduate Student, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh
- A Data Driven Solution for Providing Equality in Higher Education of Bangladesh Mahmudul Islam, Fatema Tuj Johora, Aurpa Anindita, Noushin Islam, Mahady Hasan, Independent University Bangladesh
- An inquiry into Inclusive Architectural Design approach for Educational Buildings Srushti Pathak, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Sub-Theme 9: Transformation in Pedagogy Learning Environment and Assessment
- Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom’s: Student Teachers Perception about making Classroom Equitable and Inclusive
Pandurang Bhagwan Pandit, Assistant Professor, Ganpat Parsekar College of Education Harmal, Goa, India - Equity and inclusion in the existing teacher education curriculums in Bangladesh: exploring the context from the new national curriculum framework 2021
Shahriar Pranto, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Exploring the perceptions of secondary level teachers about equity and inclusion from the perspective of new curriculum framework
Syeda Fareha Laharen, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Exploring parents’ perception towards ‘equity and inclusion’ addressed on the national curriculum framework 2021: secondary education perspective in Bangladesh
Anannya Chakma, IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - The preschool teacher’s assumptions about a child’s ability or disability: finding a pedagogical password for inclusion
Fatema Taj Johora, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia - Content Analysis of the Cognitive Domain in EFL High School Textbooks
Fatima Zohra Kroum, Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Rabat, Morocco - Inclusive Teaching Competency Model and its applicability
Devjani Chakravarty, PhD Scholar, Department of Education & Extension, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India - Correlating reading strategies and comprehension among first-year college students
Gilbert C. Binas, Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, Philippines - Legal Education in India: Redefining The Pedagogy, Learning and Assessment
Saif Rasul Khan, PhD, Assistant Professor, NERIM Law College, Assam, India - Application of Big Data Analytics in monitoring student performance
Tahsin Tanzila Mayabaee; Sadia Khan; Armun Alam; Jannat Khair Chowdhury, Student, Independent University, Bangladesh & Mahady Hasan, PhD, Associate Professor, Independent University, Bangladesh - STEAM Pedagogy for Educational Transformation in Nepal
Binod Prasad Pant, Bal Chandra Luitel & Niroj Dahal, Department of STEAM Education, Kathmandu University School of Education, Nepal - Teaching Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Inclusive Classrooms: Bangladesh Perspective
Mohammod Quamrul Hassan, Lecturer (Special Education), IER, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh & Trina Sarker, Special Education Teacher, International School Dhaka (ISD), Bangladesh - Diversify reading opportunities to ensure reading success and promote inclusion: at the core of RtR children’s literacy initiative
Shamima Ferdous Tanny, Saidus Saklaen, Room to Read Bangladesh - Impact Study of Online Assessment Methods Facilitating Blended Learning towards Inclusion and Equity
Arifa Rahman, Assistant Professor, CETL, Green University of Bangladesh, Dr. ASM Shihavuddin, Associate Professor, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh, Md. Hafiz Sikder, Graduate, EEE and Green University of Bangladesh, M M Mahbubul Syeed, Associate Professor, CSE, Independent University, Bangladesh - Ways needed to create positive learning environment for everyone in inclusive classrooms
Meenu Sharma, Department of Education, University of Delhi, India
Sub-Theme 10: Collaborative Approaches for Development (Multi Level Stakeholder Engagement, OPD Engagement)
- Beyond the vision of Eye, Insight Inclusion for Differently able persons’ Spectrum Divergence
Debashree Sengupta, Jadavpur University, India - Community based inclusive education to promote educational rights of children with disabilities
Iftekhar Ahmed, Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID), Bangladesh - CBMG Bangladesh’s Approach to Inclusive Education
Asim Dio, Advocacy and Communication Manager, CMB Global Bangladesh