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 minister for education who has been well known for taking stern action against adopting unfair means in the public examinations during his office as state minister for education some nineteen years back (BNP’s previous period 2001-06) which saw a great success to almost banish unfair means in the exam that he had to do going against the tide the nation experienced then which we think must be a bold and challenging step.
So, the demand...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can...
Abstract: Today’s world is shaped by availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Because global economy is powered by knowledge and technology, fueled by...
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...
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...
Laila Farhana Apnan Banu discusses language teaching methodologies in early literacy
People can acquire the spoken language of the society where they are born or...
The assessment stands as one of the significant components of the teaching-learning situation. Students, teachers, materials, methods of teaching and evaluation are the main...
Ice-breaking is an activity that is conducted when a group of unknown or semi-known or little-known people gathers in a particular place for receiving...
This year the world’s most prestigious Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian social worker Leymah Gbowee and...
A timely and thought-provoking article appeared in the Daily Star of its September 9 issue under the caption ‘Campus Police’ which received my attention...
The context
Having the change in the development of many sectors in Bangladesh, it is exquisitely denotable for primary education, where near about 100% children...
Education planners and decision-makers have cast their eyes only on institutional education across the globe and its range covers from kindergarten to university level....
Bangladesh offers free and compulsory primary education to all school-aged children, and the government adopts various steps to make it successful as nobody would...
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...
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...
The national scene of education in terms of passes percentage in the secondary and higher secondary levels show a rising trend every year. But quality still remains a question. Maybe, the quality also is increasing but not up to the mark. This year the pass percentage of HSC has improved from last year’s 75.08 to 78.67. In 2010 this...
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...
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...
Recently the University Grants Commission or UGC has conducted a survey on our five public universities. It has revealed the findings which really tend...
According to UNESCO, the region provides higher education including private higher education to just 3.5 of the college age population, compared with 60 per...
A timely and thought-provoking article appeared in the Daily Star of its September 9 issue under the caption ‘Campus Police’ which received my attention...
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 minister for education who has been well known for taking stern action against...
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...
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 minister for education who has been well known for taking stern action against adopting unfair...
