Kazakhstan vs Bangladesh
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
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
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
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.
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.
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