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International Literacy Day: Should not We Redefine ‘Literacy’ Against the Current Global Scenario?
Following the usual calendar, International Literacy Day has appeared again before us to make us conscious and consider our progress since we observed it last year (2024). The world knows that UNESCO was established on this International Literacy Day in 1966 to raise awareness about the essential role of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies, meaning the darkness of illiteracy must be dispelled by individual, social, state and global efforts. It also means observing the International Literacy Day at the behest or call of the state, only as a ceremonial event that does not reflect its true objective. It is...
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I often find myself criticising governments worldwide for failing to create opportunities for poor people, especially in the education sector. We certainly should be...
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Philosophical View on Teachers and Teachers in Real Work Place: A Critical Writing in Context of Bangladeshi Primary Education – 2
Reality of government primary school teachers in Bangladesh Teachers play an important role in education process. Competent and effective teachers are an essential requirement to achieve success in education sector. Unfortunately in Bangladesh, the primary education is struggling with ineffective teaching. But before analysing the teaching quality of teachers, we should understand the teachers in Bangladesh. What is their qualification?...
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Strategic Planning for Distance Education
Teleinformatics technology favors a system of distance education that can no longer be simply an addition to traditional education systems, instead it must become...
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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Science Education Declines in the Age of Science
We are living in the age of science and computer. Till today we enjoy the most sophisticated scientific development. When and where its onward march stops are unknown to us. To cope with the situation we need to produce a procession of science graduates and a galaxy of experts in different branches of science. But we see a grim...
This Year’s HSC Results Tell Many Things About Our Educational Arena
Higher Secondary Certificate examination or HSC results came out showing the upward trend raising the usual question of quality in the minds of the people concerned. It is true that the figure of the results is changing because of the factors like rising consciousness of the students, guardians and teachers, spreading the coaching business from city to the village,...
English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training
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Subject-based Teacher in Secondary Schools
Secondary level education is the second important tier of education which experiences some anomalies and negligence from the authorities concerned for a long. Many changes call for monetary involvement whereas many don’t need money but can bring some positive changes in this sector. The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has recently sent a proposal to the Ministry of...
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A series of irregularities of the National University of Bangladesh appeared in a Bengali daily (Jugantor April 19 to 23) drawing the attention of...
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