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No Business with Education!
In Chattogram, our Education Advisor recently said, “It will not take much time to change the country when education touches all. Education makes humans modest and gentle. A student who gets education from his family will never show pride; rather, he will be modest. So, there should not be any business with education. Education is a proper channel of becoming real human beings that all must remember.’’ I appreciate the nice words of our advisor, and side by side, I want to draw his kind attention to the fact that our education assumed a business shape many years back; it...
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No Business with Education!
In Chattogram, our Education Advisor recently said, “It will not take much time to change the country when education touches all. Education makes humans...
Primary Scholarship Exam – To Be or Not To Be!
There was a time when primary scholarship was conducted after completing the annual examination of class five. Usually, the students who occupied top positions...
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If we look at NCTB from two decades ago until today, there is no room to appreciate it. Every year, heaps of allegations, complaints,...
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According to experts, the goal of education is fourfold, i.e. the social purpose, intellectual purpose, economic purpose, and civic purpose. Contemporary education issues include...
Telecentre and Education: It’s time to bring together
Computer Training changed Ms. Khaleda’s life. Khaleda Akhter is the fourth child of her parents. His father is a poor day labor and mother...
The Expectation of Preparedness for 4th Industrial Revolution
Recently, a new slogan for the fourth industrial revolution got significant to the newspaper, writings and civil society discussions, like a talk show and...
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Primary Scholarship Exam – To Be or Not To Be!
There was a time when primary scholarship was conducted after completing the annual examination of class five. Usually, the students who occupied top positions in the internal examinations were allowed to sit for this examination. The successful examinees used to obtain monthly scholarship money, and these students were tagged as ‘scholars. Similar things happened in the SSC and HSC examinations,...
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The Voice of the Poor: Insights about the Poverty, Education, Development and Their Inter Relationship
MOHAMMAD TAREQUE RAHMAN wrote about Voice of the Poor Introduction We have come to such a time while the importance of quality education is entirely recognized....
How Secondary English Teachers Can be Developed into Trainers
It is the new initiative of BRAC to develop trained English teachers into trainers. It is based on the theory of “The mother who...
The Role of Grammar in Communicative Language Teaching
It has been a debating issue for long whether we should teach grammar for teaching the English language or communicative language teaching should be...
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Our Dream in Next Twenty Years
The nation has just observed its 40th Victory Day anniversary and stepped into the 41st year of our achievement of freedom. Our greatest achievement...
Teaching English in the Light of Communicative Language Teaching
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Better Education for A Better World
Now teachers’ voice is heard in the global forums to make this planet better giving better education to the students. In the 7th Asia-...
Barishal and Jahngirnagar Universities see Volatile Situation
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Ranking Secondary Schools
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Receiving TESOL President Award
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The Present Secondary Education Scenario
It is true that the education sector has received significant importance from the government under the able guidance of Nurul Islam Nahid, the minister for education. Still many flows have been discerned in this sector which tends to threaten the smooth running of this field. Several alarming figures in the secondary level education of the country appeared in different...
Several Magics of SSC and Equivalent Examinations Remain Elusive
SSC and equivalent examinations started on 15 February, the written tests were completed on 12 March, and the practical examinations continued till 20 March, beginning from 13 March 2024. Today, 12 May, the results have come out, which means that in less than two months’ time, the results have appeared. Like in previous years, the Prime Minister actually inaugurated the...
How Secondary English Teachers Can be Developed into Trainers
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...
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Ragging Culture in Bangladeshi Universities
The students enrolled in higher educational institutions with the hope of embracing a brighter future and achieving some noble objectives have to face the...
An Evaluation Technique Towards Uniformity of PhD for Future World
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The Initiative to Assess Higher Education of Bangladesh
With a view to making university education in Bangladesh a ‘brand’ for others to follow, the Education Quality Assurance Foundation (EQAF) was founded by...
Research and Our Universities
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...
Honours and Masters in Non-Government Colleges
It is frequently heard that honours and masters in non-government colleges will be closed down. Our education minister says it on time and occasion...
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...
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