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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...

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

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The Education Reform: Learning from Vietnam Example

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Aflatoun- Social and Financial Education

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Primary education must be very much attractive and interesting with giving the very basic facts of the subjects children can digest as the impression of receiving education at this level continue till the closing days of a human being. We boast of giving free and compulsory primary education to our future generation along with the free distribution of textbooks....

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Teaching English in the Light of Communicative Language Teaching

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NCTB Has Done A Commendable Job

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Rate of Return of Education in Bangladesh: An investigation

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Program for International Student Assessment – PISA

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No Admission Test for Kids

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Playing Different Roles by Teacher Associations

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

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This Year’s HSC Results Tell Many Things About Our Educational Arena

Higher Secondary Certificate examination or HSC results came out showing the upward trend raising the usual question of quality in the minds of the people concerned. It is true that the figure of the results is changing because of the factors like rising consciousness of the students, guardians and teachers, spreading the coaching business from city to the village,...

Several Magics of SSC and Equivalent Examinations Remain Elusive

SSC and equivalent examinations started on 15 February, the written tests were completed on 12 March, and the practical examinations continued till 20 March, beginning from 13 March 2024. Today, 12 May, the results have come out, which means that in less than two months’ time, the results have appeared. Like in previous years, the Prime Minister actually inaugurated the...

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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Bangladeshi Vice-Chancellors Want the Status of MPs!

An article appeared in the daily Kalerkantho of September 04, 2011, produced by a Bangladesh professor in the USA which drew my attention. The...

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...

An Evaluation Technique Towards Uniformity of PhD for Future World

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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,...

World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?

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