On 19 July 2020, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) organised a virtual brainstorming session on the topic of education for all in the context of electoral pledges, under the CPD-UNDEF project titled, Advancing Responsiveness and Accountability through Citizen Engagement in Bangladesh.
Experts in the field like Ms Rasheda K Choudhury, Core Group Member, Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, Executive Director, CAMPE, Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government; Md Mostafizur Rahaman, PhD, Program Manager, Policy Advocacy and Mass Communication Unit, CAMPE; Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Emeritus Professor, BRAC University; Brig. Gen. (Retd) Sakhawat Hussain, Former Election Commissioner; Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Member Secretary, SHUJAN and Country Director, The Hunger Project; Mr K. M. Enamul Hoque, Deputy Director, CAMPE; Mr Gazi Ilyas, Friendship Bangladesh; Dr Safiqul Islam, Director, BRAC Education Program (BEP), BRAC Centre; Dr M Kaykobad, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dr Tofail Ahmed, Vice Chancellor, University of Britania joined the session and shared their insights on the topic.