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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...

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Quality Primary Education is in shambles

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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

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Education for Children with Disabilities

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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

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A Study on New Curriculum: Grade Seven Students’ Status in English

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No Business with Education!

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No Business with Education!

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