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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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An Analysis of Primary Education : Some Initiatives to Make Curriculum Success
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Problems and Prospects of EFA in Bangladesh
FATIMA KHAN BASU and ASAD-UZ-ZAMAN ASAD wrote about EFA in Bangladesh 1. Background 1.1. History of EFA: Education for All (EFA) is an international commitment that...
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World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?
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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh
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Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum
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HSC Result and Our Politics
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English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training
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Barishal and Jahngirnagar Universities see Volatile Situation
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