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Pre-service training: Why a new project for teachers?

Several newspapers have reported that the government has taken a new initiative to employ teachers at the secondary level, providing them with teacher training before joining the job through a special project named the ‘Professionalization for Enhanced Learning Project’. Currently, teachers usually receive in-service training, which significantly disrupts learning, as most of our institutions experience teacher shortages. Ensuring pre-service training would offer several benefits. First, teachers will be familiar with the pedagogy and strategies for working with young learners, as well as master the subject and teach it to students. Newspaper reports have highlighted this as a new government initiative, but...

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Pre-service training: Why a new project for teachers?

Several newspapers have reported that the government has taken a new initiative to employ teachers at the secondary level, providing them with teacher training...

The hierarchy of educational needs: Rethinking Bangladesh’s education reform priorities

A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt...

Using balanced skills for authentic and fruitful language teaching

In English language teaching, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is balancing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Due to...

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Neo-Liberal Hegemony and The Education Policy of Bangladesh

The role of education is to build the nation and making linkages with knowledge and empowerment. It is true that education directly influences politics,...

NCTB’s Repeated Failure to Provide Books to the Students Timely!

December is the month when students assess their academic progress and prepare for stepping into the next higher class. The new books for the...

What is the rationale behind establishing 600 Model Schools and Colleges?

Is it rational to establish 600 Model Schools and Colleges? Whenever any government assumes office, it wants to do something exceptional in established fields...

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Quality Primary Education is in shambles

Over 60 years ago, the United Nations produced a noble document—the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 26 of the Declaration addresses education. The document contains commitments to education for all. Education, particularly quality primary education, is the right of every citizen. That every citizen is obliged to enroll in primary education and the government should try for this...

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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...

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...

An Analysis of Primary Education : Some Initiatives to Make Curriculum Success

Bangladesh possesses importance in many aspects, particularly in the area of primary education, that convey the strength to the way forward. Having the development...

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The Importance and Challenges of Audio Materials for Language Education

English is the main way of communication in most of the parts of the world. It is a medium of instruction in most of...

Excitement with New Textbooks, Guidebooks also Flood Market

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The Global Knowledge Index: Bangladesh Gets the Lowest in South Asia

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A Dramatic Class Holds Learners’ Attention and Interest More Effectively

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An Evaluation of BRAC Pre-primary Education Programme

MIRJA MOHAMMAD SHAHJAMAL and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about BRAC Pre-primary Education ABSTRACT: BRAC operates over 20,000 pre-primary education centres in the areas of formal...

Student Attendance System

GAZI MUSAYAB, FAHMED BIN NEWAZ, KAZI WASIM UZZAMAN and RENESA RAHMAN wrote about Attendance System Introduction Attendance Management System is a database system that has been...

Feedback: An Essential Tool for Professional Development

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Secondary Education

Secondary School Teachers Conduct Classes in Colleges

With a view to addressing the increasing crisis of admission into the intermediate level, the government turned ten government schools into colleges and this process was started in 2007 as a huge number of students passed the SSC examination that year. Firstly, Dhanmondi Government High School, Motijheel Government Boys’ High School and Sher-e-Banglanagar Boys’ High School introduced intermediate class....

Pre-service training: Why a new project for teachers?

Several newspapers have reported that the government has taken a new initiative to employ teachers at the secondary level, providing them with teacher training before joining the job through a special project named the ‘Professionalization for Enhanced Learning Project’. Currently, teachers usually receive in-service training, which significantly disrupts learning, as most of our institutions experience teacher shortages. Ensuring pre-service training...

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...

Trainers’ Conference

With a view to improving the quality of secondary education in Bangladesh, the government has taken different initiatives. Providing training to the teachers is one of the significant mechanisms aiming to develop their creativity and innovation. BRAC is supplementing the government’s efforts in these areas. It’s a matter of great pleasure for all of us that secondary level education...

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What Does Jagannath University Incident Teach Us?

Jagannath University witnessed a sad incident that ensued from section 27/4 of the Jagannath University Act 2005. The Act says that the university will...

Decision to Conduct Online Examinations in Public Universities Calls for Appreciation

All forms of educational institutions have seen closure due to the corona pandemic for about fifteen months. At the primary and secondary level, the...

How far JU Teachers’ demonstration justified?

Jahangir Nagar University, the only fully-fledged residential university stresses its campus on the beautiful lap of nature decorated with lakes, green foliage of trees...

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...

Dhaka University Must Retain Its Glory and Prove Centre of Excellence

Our glorious Dhaka University which produced many scholars, statesmen, diplomats, scientists, educationists and bureaucrats observed its 90th birth anniversary on July 01, 2011. It...

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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