Education

The way that children read and learn in school dictates how they see themselves and those of other religions, ethnicities and caste or class. It informs their world-view in a deeply persuasive and long lasting way. If curricula promote negative stereotypes of different people or genders those people suffer in the real world. If children from a particular background or gender cannot get access to mainstream schooling through poverty, marginalisation or cultural norms, their whole lives and futures are affected.

'Odikhar, with assistance from MRG, increased the capacity of religious minorities to be involved in developing revised curricula and textbooks [that] reflect the religious diversity in Bangladesh.' Odhikar

We seek to improve the availability, accessibility and adaptability of the education that minority and indigenous people receive. We also seek to make sure that school systems are free from the racism and discrimination that can blight generation after generation.