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Expected education budget 2026-27

The nation is eagerly awaiting an exciting, people-friendly budget 2026-2027 from the new government that reflects most of their desires. It is expected that the new government’s budget 2026-2027 will be placed based on the lessons learned from the previous government’s budgets. Education Budget as a share of the Total Budget and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expenditure on education as a percentage has not shown a positive trend over the previous fiscal years. The expenditure on education as a share of GDP has been less than 2 per cent between FY2016 and FY2026. The revised budget for the education sector as...

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Expected education budget 2026-27

The nation is eagerly awaiting an exciting, people-friendly budget 2026-2027 from the new government that reflects most of their desires. It is expected that...

DC Conference: Educational issues discussed on the first day

The DC Conference 2026, the first of its kind since the BNP government came to power after the 12 February National Election, is taking...

Getting tougher in public examinations means taking steps to ensure quality education

The country's SSC and equivalent public examinations will begin on 21 April, the first of its kind since the new government assumed office. The...

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BCS Education Cadre Officials’ ‘No Promotion, No Work’ Movement

The deprived education cadre officials have received no promotion during the one-and-a-half-year period of the interim government, coupled with their promotion deprivation ranging from...

Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum

Now it is known to us that from the year 2023, new textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in the light...

Using Multimedia Presentation Method in Higher Education: Reality and Recommendation

G. M. RAKIBUL ISLAM and RIDWANUL MOSRUR wrote about Multimedia Presentation Nowadays, the role of technology in education is very crucial. The importance of the...

Primary Education

Primary Completion Examination 2012: Who Drop Out and Why?

The primary completion examinations 2012 of general and madrasa education just completed with some 29.69 lakh examinees. This year the primary completion examination has taken place at 6,364 centers across the country and another eight centers overseas. A total of 26,41,067 general and 3,28,326 madrasa students have registered to sit for the exams while the number of female examinees...

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E-Learning in Bangladesh: A New Era in Education

The term ‘e-Learning’ means ‘electronic Learning’ that encompasses all forms of technology enhanced learning. e-Learning is the use of technology to enable people to...

Whether Private Coaching Will Continue

The doldrums in the education sector has contributed to thriving private coaching in the country ranging from the city of  Dhaka to the remotest...

Project-based Learning (PBL) Combines Traditional Classroom Knowledge with Real-world Expertise (Part -1)

We are to prepare our learners to face the challenges of the 21st century. So, the old-school model of passively learning facts and reciting...

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Why is January 19 National Teachers’ Day?

The reign of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman from 1975 to 1981 was a significant period for Bangladesh’s education for several reasons. The Monthly Payment...

Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries

I often find myself criticising governments worldwide for failing to create opportunities for poor people, especially in the education sector. We certainly should be...

Education Financing in Bangladesh: Challenge for Quality Education

Mohammad Norul Alam Raju and M Mizanur Rahman wrote about Education Financing in Bangladesh Whenever we think about the education sector of the country, we...

Using Literature in CLT Classroom

Using literature has come back to the process of teaching language for the last several years in some parts of the world. Many teachers...

Teaching English in the light of Communicative Language Teaching

Innovation in teaching and learning English has started happening in recent years in Bangladesh.  Traditional teaching focuses on grammatical rules rather than meaning. Teaching...

Educational Achievements of Bangladesh in the South Asian Context

Most of the south Asian countries possess some common characteristics. These countries are considered as less developed countries or developing countries. Almost all of...

Inclusion of Children of the Sex Workers in the Mainstream Education

Raju Norul discusses the inclusion of children of sex workers Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, is trying to address...

Secondary Education

How Secondary English Teachers Can be Developed into Trainers

It is the new initiative of BRAC to develop trained English teachers into trainers. It is based on the theory of “The mother who gives birth to a child knows best the pain of childbirth”. This initiative has sparked hope and enthusiasm among the rural secondary English teachers. To speak the truth, we have discovered the hidden potentialities among...

English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training

RIFAT AFROZE, MD. MAHBUBUL KABIR AND ARIFA RAHMAN wrote about BRAC Training ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effect of the BRAC training programme for English language teachers of rural non-government secondary schools. It examined the change in the teachers in terms of their pedagogic skills, language skills development, knowledge about Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and their attitudes towards this new...

Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum

Now it is known to us that from the year 2023, new textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in the light of the new curriculum, which is going to be implemented in January. The role of teachers will be of serious importance, and the assessment will see fifty per cent in the form of formative and...

Trainers’ Conference

With a view to improving the quality of secondary education in Bangladesh, the government has taken different initiatives. Providing training to the teachers is one of the significant mechanisms aiming to develop their creativity and innovation. BRAC is supplementing the government’s efforts in these areas. It’s a matter of great pleasure for all of us that secondary level education...

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Research and Our Universities

Today’s universities is featured and marked by teachers’ negligible or not at all involved in research and more involvement in teacher politics. Involvement in...

How far JU Teachers’ demonstration justified?

Jahangir Nagar University, the only fully-fledged residential university stresses its campus on the beautiful lap of nature decorated with lakes, green foliage of trees...

Government College Teachers Seek Justice

As a regular reader of English newspapers, I have gone through the lengthy thought-provoking and valuable writing of an unknown assistant professor of a...

The Initiative to Assess Higher Education of Bangladesh

With a view to making university education in Bangladesh a ‘brand’ for others to follow, the Education Quality Assurance Foundation (EQAF) was founded by...

World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?

Mahbub Alam Prodip writes about Bangladeshi University Ranking The ‘Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’, ‘Times Higher Education (THE)’, ‘The Center for World University Ranking (CWUR)’ and ‘The...

All Tiers of Education are Shrouded in Irregularities

A series of incidents have taken place in almost all the higher seats of learning in the country along with surfacing some different problems,...

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