Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do not focus on fluency.
It seems that all want to see whether students or candidates are familiar with various types of exceptional rules of English grammar, or full explanations or clarifications of English grammar, not with fluency in English.
They seem less bothered about testing students’ or candidates’ communicative competence. Moreover, they want to see whether the students and candidates have memorised particular rules,...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can...
Dogme ELT is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and emphasises conversational communication among learners and teachers.
It is...
MD. MAHBUB ALAM SARKAR and JUI JUDITH GOMES wrote about the conception of the science teachers
Abstract: This study explored Bangladeshi science teachers’ conceptions of...
That the present global world promises the development of a developing country with the promotion of English language learning and information technology does not...
The Drawback and Need
Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) conducted a survey on education in villages...
Over 60 years ago, the United Nations produced a noble document—the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 26 of the Declaration addresses education. The document contains commitments to education for all. Education, particularly quality primary education, is the right of every citizen. That every citizen is obliged to enroll in primary education and the government should try for this...
Teaching itself is a courageous profession in many respects. The people belonging to other professions can do corruption, earn a colossal amount of money...
A dark picture has revealed teacher training colleges when a survey was conducted by the ministry of education. The ministry of education found that...
In order to continue raising academic standards, we need to constantly examine and explore our methods of teaching. We need to observe other teachers’...
MIRJA MOHAMMAD SHAHJAMAL and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about BRAC Pre-primary Education
ABSTRACT: BRAC operates over 20,000 pre-primary education centres in the areas of formal...
The ignition
In a recent interview, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University, interpreted the education status of some Asian countries which are much more...
Introduction
Qualitative data, in the form of words rather than numbers, are a source of well-grounded, rich descriptions and explanations of processes occurring in the...
Do government teachers’ activities encourage further privatisation of education? Education has yet to overcome its negative aspects, which it has been struggling with for...
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 the textbooks based on the spirit of this curriculum have been designed quite differently from the previous ones.
One of the most important changes is that students do not have or very little homework, which exacerbates...
Ranking secondary schools has been done for the first time in Bangladesh by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education at the behest of the Ministry of Education. The Planning Wing of DSHE has done this commendable job. Hats off the initiators. Schools will receive appreciation and admonition according to the ranking, they said. It has, no doubt, added...
The government secondary schools will see Senior Teacher position with the status of first-class gazetted officer that must be a welcome move. The number of government secondary schools had been only 317 for many years in a country of sixteen crore people that expresses stately importance towards this tier of education. Â However, the non-government teacher associations have been struggling...
Education builds a nation. It is very important for Individual, Society and State. National development highly depends on Education. Education is the main component to execute the dream of the nation. Education has two general aspects, (1) Philosophical aspect & (2) Structural aspect.' Why we should learn?'-this question is related to the philosophy of education.
If the philosophical position...
All forms of educational institutions have seen closure due to the corona pandemic for about fifteen months. At the primary and secondary level, the...
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...
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...
Recently the University Grants Commission or UGC has conducted a survey on our five public universities. It has revealed the findings which really tend...
Even during the closure of corona two public universities namely Barishal and Jahangirnagar witness a very turbulent situation. On 16 February an altercation took...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can...
Dogme ELT is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and emphasises conversational communication among learners and teachers.
It is...
A new government was formed on 17 February under the able leadership of Tarique Rahman, following the thirteenth national election, in which the BNP...
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...
Continuous syllabus and assessment changes, as well as experiments on young children, make them guinea pigs. The authorities continue doing so, ignoring the children’s...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do not focus...
