This study’s goal was
to pinpoint the difficulties that SSC and HSC science education at Bangladesh
Open University (BOU) faces. Therefore, 12 Regional Centers (RCs) of this
university were used to conduct this study. For the purpose of conducting this
study, 240 respondents who had been purposefully chosen were questioned using a semi-structured questionnaire. The respondents
were learners in the science group of the SSC and HSC programs. Additionally, a checklist was used to conduct 12
Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and 12
Key Informant Interviews (KII). The study discovered that there were
numerous difficulties in the science education of the SSC and HSC programs
through ODL at BOU, including learners’ lack of interest and seriousness in
science education, forced admission, difficult science group and subject
matter, tutors’ inefficiency, difficult and sparse tutorial sessions, a lack of
activities that focused on practical application, a lack of proper guidance in
study centers, a lack of logistical support for lab facilities, and the absence
of both learners and tutors in tutorial sessions. In order to remove the
obstacles of science through ODL in Bangladesh, this study would be helpful to
policy makers, educators, and academicians.
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