Making Learning Fun at BRAC Primary Schools

When I was in 5th grade, we were taught a song to name the 50 states in the United States. I thought I was pretty clever, but I was put in my place when the 3rd grade-level class at a BRAC primary school in Bangladesh sang a song in which each child names a different country:



Incorporating songs and games into the curriculum not only helps students remember (I can still name all 50 states), but it also engages them and makes learning fun. I don't think I've ever seen a classroom of children so happy to be in school!

BRAC has more than 54,000 primary and pre-primary schools in Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uganda and Southern Sudan, and will be implementing a pilot primary school program in Pakistan this year.

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