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What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the true sense of the term, the teaching-learning scenario, receiving and giving education evaporated many years back from our classes, educational institutions, and society, with some exceptions occurring in some institutions like missionary and privately run schools and colleges along with cadet colleges of the country. The tradition of attending class, conducting exams and publishing results happens without tangible effects, as nothing goes professionally and fruitfully. There is no account of what is going on in...
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What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the...
Are We Experimenting with Our Education Too Much?
The co-chairman of the National Education Committee 2009 and renowned economist Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad opined that we are experimenting with our education too much.
A Study on New Curriculum: Grade Seven Students’ Status in English
Bangladesh has experienced a new curriculum, mostly known as a ‘competency-based’ curriculum, since January 2023. The teachers who teach English say the curriculum and...
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Proposed National Education Policy: Gender Perspective
NAZMUL AHSAN MIRAZ wrote about Gender Perspective in the Education Policy This write up is developed on the document developed by Steps Towards Development to...
Introducing Problem Based Learning (PBL) – 1
PBL: Learning From the dawn of civilization The advent of new ideas in society bares the potential of being scrutinized by humanity. Education reform is...
The Necessity of Moral Education
We are now faced with such kind of students who is growing up with the Internet age, compared with students in the traditional sense;...
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Causes behind Differential Performance in Various Types of BRAC Schools
GOUTAM ROY, NOTAN CHANDRA DUTTA and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about differential performance in BRAC Schools Abstract: Differential learning achievement of the graduates of three types of BRAC schools viz., BRAC primary school, BRAC community school and BRAC formal school came out through a recent study with some hypothetical explanation of the reasons behind such difference. This study aims to...
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REFLECT – Non-primer Based Approach of Adult Literacy
Generally, non-formal literacy programs are primer or text book dependent in Bangladesh. Primer is the book which used for adult literacy. Here the contents...
What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the...
Virtual Classroom and Distance Learning: Bangladesh Perspective – 1
Universities are faced with the difficult problem of simultaneously keeping pace with the increased number of students and the increased extent of knowledge that...
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Decision to Conduct Online Examinations in Public Universities Calls for Appreciation
All forms of educational institutions have seen closure due to the corona pandemic for about fifteen months. At the primary and secondary level, the...
An Analysis of Primary Education : Some Initiatives to Make Curriculum Success
Bangladesh possesses importance in many aspects, particularly in the area of primary education, that convey the strength to the way forward. Having the development...
New Curriculum to be Introduced from 2023
The current global perspective, artificial intelligence, the fourth industrial revolution and the very recent Corona pandemic remind us of changing our education curriculum to...
Problems and Prospects of EFA in Bangladesh
FATIMA KHAN BASU and ASAD-UZ-ZAMAN ASAD wrote about EFA in Bangladesh 1. Background 1.1. History of EFA: Education for All (EFA) is an international commitment that...
Observing ‘School’s Readiness’: An Anecdote from Nobodhara Pre-school
Introduction Ready school is an essential component of children’s school readiness. Children have to be supported by early schooling across various developmental domains, such as:...
Coronavirus Pandemic Contributes to Reshape the Education of Bangladesh
In response to the decisions made by the state to continue the academic activities of the learners particularly the pre-primary, primary and secondary level...
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On Saturday the last page of Prothom Alo has brought out a feature on how a rickshaw puller runs a hospital and school. It...
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Necessary Skills for a Secondary School English Teacher
The secondary level poses to be the most important tier of the education sector as it builds the foundation of other tiers. English stands as the most important subject at this level, which remains actually untreated in Bangladesh. Recently it has started receiving attention from the relevant corners in different forms. Language experts say an English teacher must have...
Secondary School Teachers Conduct Classes in Colleges
With a view to addressing the increasing crisis of admission into the intermediate level, the government turned ten government schools into colleges and this process was started in 2007 as a huge number of students passed the SSC examination that year. Firstly, Dhanmondi Government High School, Motijheel Government Boys’ High School and Sher-e-Banglanagar Boys’ High School introduced intermediate class....
What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the true sense of the term, the teaching-learning scenario, receiving and giving education evaporated many years back from our classes, educational institutions, and society, with some exceptions occurring in some institutions like missionary and privately run...
The Thought of Increasing Pass Rate Overshadows Quality
The results of the Secondary School Certificate examination came out with the message of a significantly high pass rate and higher grades. And this has become a common picture for the last six years which definitely make us elated as it shows that we are rightly keeping pace with the global jump. Is it the case actually, if we...
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Writing a Statement of Purpose
HELALI MORTUZA BHUIYAN wrote about Statement of Purpose 1. Preface This article is all about writing a good Statement of Purpose or SOP. I am assuming...
Need Assessment of a Short Course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment
GOUTAM ROY and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about the necessity a short course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment Abstract: The aim of this study was...
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The hasty decision of the ministry of health regarding the admission test for admission seekers to MBBS and BDS course has sparked protest across...
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The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...
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The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...
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