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When a group of people meet to generate new ideas around a specific area of interest, this situation can be called brainstorming which employs...
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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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Proposed National Education Policy: Gender Perspective
NAZMUL AHSAN MIRAZ wrote about Gender Perspective in the Education Policy This write up is developed on the document developed by Steps Towards Development to...
The Hegemony of the Dominant: Barriers for building Popular Education in Bangladesh
Education is the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; it is a preparation for life. It is widely recognize that education serves as an engine...
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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Quality Primary Education is in shambles
Over 60 years ago, the United Nations produced a noble document—the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 26 of the Declaration addresses education. The document contains commitments to education for all. Education, particularly quality primary education, is the right of every citizen. That every citizen is obliged to enroll in primary education and the government should try for this...
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Why English Teachers’ Association of Bangladesh (ETAB)
With the slogan 'Cooperate teachers, empower teachers', the English Teachers Association of Bangladesh (ETAB) has come into being in the educational arena in general...
Teacher Development in Brazil
Teacher development is one of the most important concerns for education policymakers. There remain various factors regarding the issue of teacher development. To achieve...
How Long will Irregularities Prevail in Schools?
Several known individuals have been working in different directorates, NCTB, government colleges and secondary schools in the city of Dhaka for a pretty long...
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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...
Proposed National Education Policy: Gender Perspective
NAZMUL AHSAN MIRAZ wrote about Gender Perspective in the Education Policy This write up is developed on the document developed by Steps Towards Development to...
Non-Formal Education, Economic Growth and Development in Bangladesh
Introduction Attacking poverty has become an international concern for placing in the paradigm of ‘education and learning for sustainable development’ in consideration of the reality...
A Study on New Curriculum: Grade Seven Students’ Status in English
Bangladesh has experienced a new curriculum, mostly known as a ‘competency-based’ curriculum, since January 2023. The teachers who teach English say the curriculum and...
Dropout in the Same Circle for Five Years Together
Access to primary education has touched nearly a hundred percent, and gender equity in primary and secondary has also been ensured. However, we still...
Using Literature in CLT Classroom
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Teacher’s Canning is Far Greater than Police Baton
The plight of the teachers in general and the non-government teachers in particular stands as a constant fact for long in Bangladesh but the...
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English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training
RIFAT AFROZE, MD. MAHBUBUL KABIR AND ARIFA RAHMAN wrote about BRAC Training ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effect of the BRAC training programme for English language teachers of rural non-government secondary schools. It examined the change in the teachers in terms of their pedagogic skills, language skills development, knowledge about Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and their attitudes towards this new...
Dropped Out Students in the SSC are Mostly Girls
SSC examination on the short syllabus is going to start on 14 November and end on 23 November. Collecting a certificate by sitting practically for examination retains much significance and pure joy, which our students missed due to Corona for the last two years. What's about the dropped out students? Evaluation is an important part of the teaching-learning process. However,...
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...
HSC Result and Our Politics
The results of the Higher Secondary Examination or HSC result help students determine the future course of study and aim of life. Hence, it attaches much importance. This year 74.30 per cent of students passed the HSC examinations against 78.67 per cent of the previous year. Besides the pass rate, the results also showed a decline in the number...
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World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?
Mahbub Alam Prodip writes about Bangladeshi University Ranking The ‘Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’, ‘Times Higher Education (THE)’, ‘The Center for World University Ranking (CWUR)’ and ‘The...
Student Attendance System
GAZI MUSAYAB, FAHMED BIN NEWAZ, KAZI WASIM UZZAMAN and RENESA RAHMAN wrote about Attendance System Introduction Attendance Management System is a database system that has been...
Barishal and Jahngirnagar Universities see Volatile Situation
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Campus Police
A timely and thought-provoking article appeared in the Daily Star of its September 9 issue under the caption ‘Campus Police’ which received my attention...
All Tiers of Education are Shrouded in Irregularities
A series of incidents have taken place in almost all the higher seats of learning in the country along with surfacing some different problems,...
Dhaka University Must Retain Its Glory and Prove Centre of Excellence
Our glorious Dhaka University which produced many scholars, statesmen, diplomats, scientists, educationists and bureaucrats observed its 90th birth anniversary on July 01, 2011. It...
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