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I Never Wanted to be an Educationist
Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why the contents of our textbook seemed disorganized and repetitive. Moreover, why do they have different information and points of view on the same incident in various subjects? My teacher looked at me and said, "You should write it down and post the letter to the NCTB someday!" At 13, I was unaware of a career where I, as an educationist, could develop learning interventions, try them out with the communities, and develop a curriculum for mainstream students...
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I Never Wanted to be an Educationist
Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why...
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Language and Numeric Foundation Development: Is the Brigadista of Cuba Adaptable in Bangladesh?
KAZI SAMEEO SHEESH, MD. MOAZZEM HOSSAIN and MOHAMMAD TAREQUE RAHMAN wrote about Language and Numeric Foundation Abstract: The paper highlights how the government primary schools...
The Necessity of Moral Education
We are now faced with such kind of students who is growing up with the Internet age, compared with students in the traditional sense;...
How Far the Draft Education Law 2013 is Inclined to Protect Citizen’s Right to Education
KHANDAKER LUTFUL KHALED wrote about Draft Education Law 2013 National vision of education Education is critical to human development, enlightenment and emancipation. It is a powerful...
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What is in Store for Out-of-School Children?
Bangladesh offers free and compulsory primary education to all school-aged children, and the government adopts various steps to make it successful as nobody would be left out-of-school. However, a still considerable number of children have been out-of-school because of dropout or have never been enrolled in school due to poverty that surfaces conflicting points between our plan and reality....
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The Status of Communicative English Language
After the introduction of the Communicative English language at the secondary and Higher Secondary levels how much change in teaching and learning English has...
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Science Teachers’ Conceptions of Nature of Science: The Case of Bangladesh
MD. MAHBUB ALAM SARKAR and JUI JUDITH GOMES wrote about the conception of the science teachers Abstract: This study explored Bangladeshi science teachers’ conceptions of...
Communication Disorder: Incapacitates the Ability
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Amader Pathshala Treads a Tough Road to Teach Poor Children
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Secondary Education
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Some Insides of This Year’s HSC Result
The national scene of education in terms of passes percentage in the secondary and higher secondary levels show a rising trend every year. But quality still remains a question. Maybe, the quality also is increasing but not up to the mark. This year the pass percentage of HSC has improved from last year’s 75.08 to 78.67. In 2010 this...
Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum
Now it is known to us that from the year 2023, new textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in the light of the new curriculum, which is going to be implemented in January. The role of teachers will be of serious importance, and the assessment will see fifty per cent in the form of formative and...
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...
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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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Government College Teachers Seek Justice
As a regular reader of English newspapers, I have gone through the lengthy thought-provoking and valuable writing of an unknown assistant professor of a...
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Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why the contents of our textbook seemed disorganized and repetitive. Moreover, why do they have different information...