Dr. Faisal Bari is an economist with over twenty years of research/teaching experience in the areas of economics of education, social protection, industrial organization and economic development. He is an associate professor of economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan, where his areas of teaching and research relate to the economics of education, inclusive education, philosophy of education, microeconomics, game theory and industrial organization. He was also the Dean for the School of Education at LUMS (2020-2023). He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS). Previous to this, Dr. Bari was CEO for IDEAS (2015-2020), Executive Director for Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre (2004-2006), and Visiting Assistant Professor of economics at Yale University, New Haven (2000-2001). A former Rhodes Scholar (Pakistan-1988), Dr. Bari has a BA (honours) from Oxford, and a doctorate from McGill University. His research has been published in numerous journals/books. He is a regular columnist for the daily Dawn, Pakistan.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Single National Curriculum

9:30 Education Emergency: Rethinking Education

15:30 How did Bangladesh increase literacy

19:30 Schools in low-income housing

25:30 Public Sector Education

29:30 Quality of Education and Exams

34:00 Quality Teachers

37:30 Madrassa Education

41:00 Edtech

46:30 What is Education and Languages

56:30 Teaching Methodologies

1:06:00 Audience Questions