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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 place in the capital. It therefore attaches great importance to the government’s direct contact with field-level officials who implement its plans and steps. On the other hand, the DCs and Divisional Commissioners also need to share issues the country is currently facing, such as the outbreak of hums, the cry of the farmers in the haor areas, ongoing SSC examinations, the low quality of education, education without joyful situation, Quami madrasa education and its equivalency to...

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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...

A response to the government’s decision to scrap the lottery for admission

There must be no admission test or even a lottery for children up to class three, let alone KG children. The guardians must take...

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Empowering Underprivileged Youths in Bangladesh through Computer Literacy: A thirst to build Digital Bangladesh

AJOY K. BOSE and ASAD-UZ-ZAMAN ASAD wrote about Digital Bangladesh Abstract: Today’s world is shaped by availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Because global...

Quality Education Calls for Quality Decision

The Education Ministry on Friday issued an order to the relevant authorities to give salaries from the state exchequer to the teachers and employees...

Education in Haor Areas: Should Distance Be the Barrier to Access Education?

In terms of mainstream socio-economic development initiatives, Haor areas people are becoming increasingly marginalized. The national policies of Bangladesh have pledged a special attention...

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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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Education for Children with Disabilities

Every year December 3 is observed as the ‘International Day for the people with disabilities across the globe.  Bangladesh also observes the day in...

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...

The Role of Technical and Vocational Education in the National Development of Bangladesh

Abstract Education is a  basic human right and considered by many as a  key tool  for  national development. However, this tenet has been challenged by...

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Teachers’ Agitation and Their Responsibility

Nothing goes without any result. At last, the teachers' agitation could draw the attention of the Prime Minister. She has already formed a committee...

Computer-Aided Learning can Develop Teaching-Learning Environment

Post Primary basic And Continuing Education (PACE) Programme of Brac is involved in many aspects of quality improvement of secondary education such as creating...

Kajoli Early Childhood Learning: A Model for Empowerment of Marginalized Communities

SAIFUZZAMAN RANA The Kajoli Early Childhood Learning Model is a pre-school model innovated through action research. One of the earliest decisions of RIB was to...

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...

A Comparative Discussion of Thematic and Discourse Analysis and Their Underlying Perspective, Goals and Application in Qualitative Research

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...

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...

SDG 4 goal: Are we on the right track to achieve this?

One hundred ninety-three member states of the UN unanimously adopted the SDGs in 2015, and by 2030, the targeted goals are to be fulfilled....

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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...

Ranking Secondary Schools

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...

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....

Senior Teacher Position Created with First-class Officer Status

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.  However, the non-government teacher associations have been struggling...

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How Private Universities Contribute to Tertiary Education

The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of tertiary education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. over the years these institutions...

Sad Occurrences at Public Universities

Public universities are gripped with anomalies and saddest incidents imprinting a slur on the highest seats of learning in the country and exercising a...

Private University and Higher Education

The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...

Is New Admission System in MBBS and BDS Bliss or Bane?

The hasty decision of the ministry of health regarding the admission test for admission seekers to MBBS and BDS course has sparked protest across...

Barishal and Jahngirnagar Universities see Volatile Situation

Even during the closure of corona two public universities namely Barishal and Jahangirnagar witness a very turbulent situation. On 16 February an altercation took...

Expansion of Private Higher Education

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...

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