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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 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!
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Translingualism: Languages Incorporating Differences
Language is the way of communicating meaning. It does not stop at one time as it is continually transformed by speakers at every moment...
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Amader Pathshala Treads a Tough Road to Teach Poor Children
SADAT SAYEM writes on Amader Pathshala Sonia Akhter, a Class III student at Amader Pathshala, was colouring a drawing of rural vista in the cultural programme of the school on one Saturday. The daughter of a garment worker, Sonia often helps her mother in the household chores but she is regular in attending her classes from Uttar Kalshi in the Dhaka...
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A Proper Plan Needed in Place for Upcoming Technical, Vocational, Education Projects
Bangladesh needs to plan its upcoming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme to get the best out of it for the people....
Primary School Terminal Exam 2012: Quantity Achieved, Quality?
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How Private Universities Contribute to Tertiary Education
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of tertiary education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. over the years these institutions...
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Research and Our Universities
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Science Education Declines in the Age of Science
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What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education
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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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World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?
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Ragging Culture in Bangladeshi Universities
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Writing a Statement of Purpose
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