Aga Khan Foundation, Bangladesh: Finding Beauty in Difference

Aga Khan Foundation, Bangladesh: Finding Beauty in DifferenceDecember 18, 2015 – Fayeka Zabeen Siddiqua for The Daily Star Bangladesh, Education: Curiosity doesn’t quite capture one’s imagination as it does during childhood. It is the time when children make candid observations, give honest opinions and ask questions, especially when they see something that seems unfamiliar. They master different concepts. Teaching them pluralism and the value of tolerance is thus important so that they don’t judge people from the very beginning of their life.

Through introducing a set of eleven Bangla Language storybooks for readers aged 3 to 8, the issue of pluralism and tolerance, in context of Bangladesh, has been brought into the forefront in classrooms by the Aga Khan Foundation (Bangladesh) as part of their commitment to work for early child development.

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