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Expected education budget 2026-27

The nation is eagerly awaiting an exciting, people-friendly budget 2026-2027 from the new government that reflects most of their desires. It is expected that the new government’s budget 2026-2027 will be placed based on the lessons learned from the previous government’s budgets. Education Budget as a share of the Total Budget and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expenditure on education as a percentage has not shown a positive trend over the previous fiscal years. The expenditure on education as a share of GDP has been less than 2 per cent between FY2016 and FY2026. The revised budget for the education sector as...

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Expected education budget 2026-27

The nation is eagerly awaiting an exciting, people-friendly budget 2026-2027 from the new government that reflects most of their desires. It is expected that...

DC Conference: Educational issues discussed on the first day

The DC Conference 2026, the first of its kind since the BNP government came to power after the 12 February National Election, is taking...

Getting tougher in public examinations means taking steps to ensure quality education

The country's SSC and equivalent public examinations will begin on 21 April, the first of its kind since the new government assumed office. The...

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Education Policy must Give Importance to These Points

The present government is going to formulate a standard education policy as they said. Education is actually in shamble whatever complacency we show. You...

Education Policy: A Critical Review

Just after the assumption of power, the present government formed a commission to direct our education policy towards an effective, scientific and modern one...

Low-quality Books for Students Starting Next Year

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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Battle for Admission into Schools

A timely editorial has appeared in a leading English daily reflecting the problems or battle for admission into schools in the city of Dhaka. As I work in this line, let me say something more about the issue. Dhaka city experiences a tough battle for admission during this season. The metropolitan city witnesses the influx of population from rural...

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The Figure of Education Budget Looks Great but Percentage Still Less

Our finance minister AMA Muhith placed the 2014-15 fiscal budget in the National Parliament on 5 June 2014. To make an education budget for...

Islamized School, Specialized Madrasa and New Paths to Islamic Education in Bangladesh

Introduction It is needless to say that Madrasa education is one of the oldest education systems in the Indian subcontinent. It is a “purely” native...

Competing Language Teaching Methodologies in Facilitating Early Literacy: What Lessons Can We Draw?

Laila Farhana Apnan Banu discusses language teaching methodologies in early literacy People can acquire the spoken language of the society where they are born or...

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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...

Do We Need More Public Universities?

The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...

Using Literature in CLT Classroom

Using literature has come back to the process of teaching language for the last several years in some parts of the world. Many teachers...

An Application of CLT Approach and Education Policy: Introducing a New Syllabus

Syllabus Designing: According to Candling (1984), a syllabus is based on accounts and records of what actually happens in the classroom as the teachers...

Instructional Design

Instructional design is one of the most important things in the curriculum. The use and production of a textbook is related to an instructional...

Variable and Its Measurement

Variables By variable in research we mean the characteristics which can be measured numerically and the value of which varies from individuals to individuals, item...

Impacts and Lessons Learnt from the Kajoli ECE Model in Bangladesh

SAIFUZZAMAN RANA Introduction Amar mrittur par ai kendroti amar seler bou porichalona korbe ata amar shapno (After my death this center will be run by my...

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Necessary Skills for a Secondary School English Teacher

The secondary level poses to be the most important tier of the education sector as it builds the foundation of other tiers. English stands as the most important subject at this level, which remains actually untreated in Bangladesh. Recently it has started receiving attention from the relevant corners in different forms. Language experts say an English teacher must have...

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...

Higher Secondary Certificate Results Have Shown Some Hidden Crisis in Education

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam in Bangladesh is one of the most significant exams, which marks the end of a student’s secondary education, paving the way for higher studies. This year, the Higher Secondary Certificate exams ran from June 26 to August 19, 2025. Exams took place across 11 education boards: nine general, one Madrasah and one Technical. A...

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 the textbooks based on the spirit of this curriculum have been designed quite differently from the previous ones. One of the most important changes is that students do not have or very little homework, which exacerbates...

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Bangladeshi Vice-Chancellors Want the Status of MPs!

An article appeared in the daily Kalerkantho of September 04, 2011, produced by a Bangladesh professor in the USA which drew my attention. The...

What is Happening in the National University?

A series of irregularities of the National University of Bangladesh appeared in a Bengali daily (Jugantor  April 19 to 23) drawing the attention of...

Do We Need More Public Universities?

The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...

Quality Assurance at the Affiliated Institutions of Higher Education of the National University of Bangladesh

Abstract: Research for this paper, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, has been carried out on quality assurance by  questionnaire, interview and observation ...

Private Universities in Bangladesh: Navigation through Odds and Favours

The existence of private universities in Bangladesh is now a visual reality. Our memory dates back to 1992, when our country saw eleven public...

Certificate Business in Private Universities

A very recent report regarding the education of private universities was released in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on education ministry meeting which has baffled...

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