The Power of eLearning: Revolutionizing Secondary Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Bangladesh D4I’s Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist accepts the grant from the Global Affairs Canada-funded Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AdSEARCH) project in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © 2023 icddr,b By Data for Impact Bangladesh Survey Results Inspire New Grant to Digitize Secondary School Sexual and Reproductive Health Curriculum Findings from the Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (BAHWS) 2019–2020 show that Bangladeshi secondary school adolescents have low knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and that cultural sensitivity and taboos limit the teaching of a school-based curriculum. Spurred by these results, D4I’s Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist based in Bangladesh worked on a proposal in collaboration with colleagues at icddr,b to digitize the puberty and sex education chapters in the Physical Education and Health textbook, a part of the national curriculum for secondary school students in Bangladesh. By digitizing the updated curriculum, students can learn through self-paced, interactive eLearning sessions The proposal was successfully awarded a grant from the Global Affairs Canada-funded Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AdSEARCH) project. Starting in December 2023, icddr,b will lead the curriculum digitization activity to enhance the delivery of accurate information on sexual and reproductive health topics such as puberty to Bangladeshi secondary students. The grant will run through September 2024.
