Bangladesh vs Kazakhstan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi children in flood-prone areas attend school on solar-powered floating boats.
With a third of the country flooding annually, NGOs created boat schools that collect children from riverbank villages.
Kazakhstan
Kazakh children learn to ride horses before they learn to ride bicycles.
Nomadic equestrian heritage runs deep โ horseback games like kokpar are taught to children in rural areas alongside modern school subjects.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a dual system of government and madrassa education, with NGOs like BRAC running the world's largest non-formal education program. Primary enrollment has reached near-universal levels, with girls now outnumbering boys at secondary level.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan follows an 11-year system transitioning to 12 years. Kazakh and Russian are both languages of instruction, with English being added as a third language for science subjects. The Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools serve as reform laboratories.
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