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SSC results reveal an unexpected reality serving as a wake-up call

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were published three weeks after the government's initial announcement that they would be made public. This late publication of results poses a pertinent question in the minds of around 19 lakh examinees and all others concerned. We guess that the new government wanted to evaluate the scripts of the SSC and equivalent examinees, genuinely breaking the previous years’ tradition of awarding inflated marks to students and hiding the real picture of their performance. The students, teachers, guardians, and the education administration of the country, however, were led to believe...

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SSC results reveal an unexpected reality serving as a wake-up call

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were published three weeks after the government's initial announcement that they would be...

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We are now faced with such kind of students who is growing up with the Internet age, compared with students in the traditional sense;...

Using Multimedia Presentation Method in Higher Education: Reality and Recommendation

G. M. RAKIBUL ISLAM and RIDWANUL MOSRUR wrote about Multimedia Presentation Nowadays, the role of technology in education is very crucial. The importance of the...

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Since education determines how strong the backbone of a nation is, it receives the topmost priority in many developing countries of the world. Bangladesh...

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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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NGO must be Apolitical

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) is formed by private persons or organisations with no participation or representation of the government. In the cases in which...

UGC Reveals Poor Performance of Public Universities

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Observing ‘School’s Readiness’: An Anecdote from Nobodhara Pre-school

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Teachers’ Agitation and Their Responsibility

Nothing goes without any result. At last, the teachers' agitation could draw the attention of the Prime Minister. She has already formed a committee...

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...

From Practice to Proficiency: Schedules of Practice: Stage 1- Addition Facts to Ten

This paper discusses:• How practice can engage Stage 1 students to acquire speed at recalling basic addition facts to 10 (e.g. 6+4=10, 1+3=4, 5+2=7 et...

Student Politics in Bangladesh: An Impact on Quality Assurance in Education and National Development

Abstract: Student politics is one of ignored areas in international scholarly debate. In the late 1960’s to early 70’s, some authors made some contributions...

Sad Occurrences at Public Universities

Public universities are gripped with anomalies and saddest incidents imprinting a slur on the highest seats of learning in the country and exercising a...

Literature Circles Help Develop Language and Collaboration

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Inclusion of Children of the Sex Workers in the Mainstream Education

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The Thought of Increasing Pass Rate Overshadows Quality

The results of the Secondary School Certificate examination came out with the message of a significantly high pass rate and higher grades. And this has become a common picture for the last six years which definitely make us elated as it shows that we are rightly keeping pace with the global jump. Is it the case actually, if we...

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...

What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education

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Receiving TESOL President Award

Any kind of recognition to any innovative work works as a guiding force to go forward for any individual and organization. It’s an incentive as well. When it happens in the field of education it brings more pleasure for those who belong to this field. I have been in this line for quite a long time first as a...

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Girl Students’ Poor Accommodation in Public Universities

Once famous educationist and the ex-vice chancellor of Jahangirnar University Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique said in a function ‘living in the university campus itself...

An Evaluation Technique Towards Uniformity of PhD for Future World

Khaliduzzaman Alin discusses the evaluation techniques towards uniformity of PhD The world is advancing so fast and everything is going to be quantified. For example,...

Private University and Higher Education

The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...

Honours and Masters in Non-Government Colleges

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Sad Occurrences at Public Universities

Public universities are gripped with anomalies and saddest incidents imprinting a slur on the highest seats of learning in the country and exercising a...

The Initiative to Assess Higher Education of Bangladesh

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SSC results reveal an unexpected reality serving as a wake-up call

The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were published three weeks after the government's initial announcement that they would be made public. This late publication of results poses a pertinent question in the minds of...