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In Chattogram, our Education Advisor recently said, “It will not take much time to change the country when education touches all. Education makes humans modest and gentle. A student who gets education from his family will never show pride; rather, he will be modest. So, there should not be any business with education. Education is a proper channel of becoming real human beings that all must remember.’’ I appreciate the nice words of our advisor, and side by side, I want to draw his kind attention to the fact that our education assumed a business shape many years back; it...
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No Business with Education!
In Chattogram, our Education Advisor recently said, “It will not take much time to change the country when education touches all. Education makes humans...
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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 Role of Technical and Vocational Education in the National Development of Bangladesh
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Women as Teachers
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Primary Education: The Post-Pandemic Challenges and Way Forward
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Individual Learner Differences and Its Impact on English and Spanish Language Learning
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HSC Result and Our Politics
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The Present Secondary Education Scenario
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Unitrack education system of Bangladesh
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Certificate Business in Private Universities
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Need Assessment of a Short Course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment
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Some Distinguished Features of Brac University
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I Never Wanted to be an Educationist
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