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When a group of people meet to generate new ideas around a specific area of interest, this situation can be called brainstorming which employs...
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Existing Teaching-Learning Situation and Communication Skills of Our Learners
Communication skills lie at the centre of all success in today’s world. Those who can express their own thoughts, opinions, and plans effectively enjoy the ability to lead, manage work, and people. These elements of communication skills definitely require practical English, rather than theoretical knowledge of the language. We know that Singapore, a technologically advanced society, places great importance on English teaching for its future generation. Here, students practice oral presentations and free writing at least twice a week, in addition to their regular classes, which truly nurture them to face the challenges of today’s world. When this becomes a reality...
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Existing Teaching-Learning Situation and Communication Skills of Our Learners
Communication skills lie at the centre of all success in today’s world. Those who can express their own thoughts, opinions, and plans effectively enjoy...
We Have Enough Trained Teachers, but Very Few Skilled Teachers
We have enough trained teachers, but do we have enough skilled teachers? Training and skills do not mean the same thing. Teachers must immerse...
SDG 4 goal: Are we on the right track to achieve this?
One hundred ninety-three member states of the UN unanimously adopted the SDGs in 2015, and by 2030, the targeted goals are to be fulfilled....
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Our Children are Under House Arrest
Modern civilization has given us a lot. It has taken a lot of things from us as well. Children after coming to this planet...
Application of Innovative Technologies in Teaching-Learning Process: A Mission for Building Knowledge Based Society in Bangladesh
Abstract: Today’s world is shaped by availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Because global economy is powered by knowledge and technology, fueled by...
Now Is the Time to Think of Quality Education and Drop out?
It looks strange that two contrasting phenomena exist side by side in our education system. One shows a competition to make the students pass...
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Causes behind Differential Performance in Various Types of BRAC Schools
GOUTAM ROY, NOTAN CHANDRA DUTTA and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about differential performance in BRAC Schools Abstract: Differential learning achievement of the graduates of three types of BRAC schools viz., BRAC primary school, BRAC community school and BRAC formal school came out through a recent study with some hypothetical explanation of the reasons behind such difference. This study aims to...
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Introducing Problem Based Learning (PBL) – 1
PBL: Learning From the dawn of civilization The advent of new ideas in society bares the potential of being scrutinized by humanity. Education reform is...
The Role of a Teacher in a Conversation Class
Conversation pertains to learning English practically as it is the second most important way of human communication. So, a teacher must arrange a conversation...
The Relationship between Education Index and GDP Index
Abstract: The education and GDP indices are two components to determine the human development index set by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). There...
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All Tiers of Education are Shrouded in Irregularities
A series of incidents have taken place in almost all the higher seats of learning in the country along with surfacing some different problems,...
This Year’s HSC Results Tell Many Things About Our Educational Arena
Higher Secondary Certificate examination or HSC results came out showing the upward trend raising the usual question of quality in the minds of the...
Education and Human Resource Development
MOHAMMAD KOWSAR BHUIYAN wrote about Human Resource Development In this present world, human being is considered as a national asset like the other assets. Human...
The Necessity of Lesson Plan
A lesson plan is a written statement or outline by a teacher that fulfills the following stages of a lesson. (i) What do you want...
Planning and Development of a Textbook
Textbook is a widely used teaching tool (material) which presents the subject matter defined by the curriculum. A university textbook is required to contain...
Engaging Learner’s Imagination Leads to Successful Teaching
Engaging students’ imaginations in learning is a key to successful teaching. Over the years many suggestions have been made for how to do this...
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....
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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...
Some Insides of This Year’s HSC Result
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...
The Present Secondary Education Scenario
It is true that the education sector has received significant importance from the government under the able guidance of Nurul Islam Nahid, the minister for education. Still many flows have been discerned in this sector which tends to threaten the smooth running of this field. Several alarming figures in the secondary level education of the country appeared in different...
What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the true sense of the term, the teaching-learning scenario, receiving and giving education evaporated many years back from our classes, educational institutions, and society, with some exceptions occurring in some institutions like missionary and privately run...
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Writing a Statement of Purpose
HELALI MORTUZA BHUIYAN wrote about Statement of Purpose 1. Preface This article is all about writing a good Statement of Purpose or SOP. I am assuming...
Campus Police
A timely and thought-provoking article appeared in the Daily Star of its September 9 issue under the caption ‘Campus Police’ which received my attention...
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...
Expansion of Private Higher Education
According to UNESCO, the region provides higher education including private higher education to just 3.5 of the college age population, compared with 60 per...
Future of Business Studies in Private Varsities
There are two reasons for making business studies or business administration course market-driven. One is the success of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA);...
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...
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