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GRR Model Builds a Bridge to Reach Students to Their Destination

The way teachers teach and pupils learn has been revolutionised by the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model. The GRR model is built on the idea that teachers should gradually transfer responsibility from themselves to their students as they progress through the learning process. It has its roots in the late 20th century, when education researchers began to question traditional teaching methods. The GRR model gained momentum in the 1990s and early 2000s as educators began implementing student-centred approaches. Dr Douglas B. Fisher and Nancy Ebbeler’s research emphasised the importance of balancing teacher-led instruction with increasing student autonomy. This GRR model...

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GRR Model Builds a Bridge to Reach Students to Their Destination

The way teachers teach and pupils learn has been revolutionised by the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model. The GRR model is built on...

Why is January 19 National Teachers’ Day?

The reign of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman from 1975 to 1981 was a significant period for Bangladesh’s education for several reasons. The Monthly Payment...

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Continuous syllabus and assessment changes, as well as experiments on young children, make them guinea pigs. The authorities continue doing so, ignoring the children’s...

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

Goal of Education is to Attain Knowledge

According to experts, the goal of education is fourfold, i.e. the social purpose, intellectual purpose, economic purpose, and civic purpose. Contemporary education issues include...

Goal of Education is to Attain Knowledge

According to experts, the goal of education is fourfold, i.e. the social purpose, intellectual purpose, economic purpose, and civic purpose. Contemporary education issues include...

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Primary Education in Bangladesh Context: How a Teacher Would be Motivated?

The context Having the change in the development of many sectors in Bangladesh, it is exquisitely denotable for primary education, where near about 100% children are within the school campus which was a great challenge before two decades. Now the parents in a slum or most remote area in the hills are committed to involving their children in the schooling...

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The Voice of the Poor: Insights about the Poverty, Education, Development and Their Inter Relationship

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Quality Primary Education is in shambles

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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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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...

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For higher education, fifty thousand seats lie against about six and a half lac students. Moreover, another one lac student may be added to...

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GRR Model Builds a Bridge to Reach Students to Their Destination

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