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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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Education for All: Accountable Policy

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Recruiting Teachers Without Written Test: A Suicidal Decision

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

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Individual Learner Differences and Its Impact on English and Spanish Language Learning

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Unbelievable Education Facilities through A Bangladeshi Web Portal

Using IT in education goes against the present-day slogan. But the question arises of how many schools particularly rural schools have been brought under...

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Since education determines how strong the backbone of a nation is, it receives the topmost priority in many developing countries of the world. Bangladesh...

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

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Higher Secondary Certificate Results Have Shown Some Hidden Crisis in Education

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Subject-based Teacher in Secondary Schools

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

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Today’s universities is featured and marked by teachers’ negligible or not at all involved in research and more involvement in teacher politics. Involvement in...

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Bangladeshi Vice-Chancellors Want the Status of MPs!

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World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?

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