A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, shared a thoughtful reflection on educational reform on his wall. Drawing inspiration from Abraham Maslow’s famous “Hierarchy of Needs” theory, he attempted to reinterpret Bangladesh’s education system through a similar layered framework of needs. His post was not presented as a formal academic model or a research-based theory. Yet, as I read through it, I found myself deeply struck by its simplicity, clarity, and uncomfortable truth.
Sometimes the most powerful ideas are not those emerging...
In English language teaching, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is balancing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Due to...
When 56,000 scripts of a public examination show changed marks and grades, it undeniably reveals serious scams in our evaluation system. Whatever we do...
Bangladesh possesses importance in many aspects, particularly in the area of primary education, that convey the strength to the way forward. Having the development...
Recently, a new slogan for the fourth industrial revolution got significant to the newspaper, writings and civil society discussions, like a talk show and...
The co-chairman of the National Education Committee 2009 and renowned economist Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad opined that we are experimenting with our education too much.
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...
Khaliduzzaman Alin discusses the evaluation techniques towards uniformity of PhD
The world is advancing so fast and everything is going to be quantified. For example,...
Variables
By variable in research we mean the characteristics which can be measured numerically and the value of which varies from individuals to individuals, item...
Once famous educationist and the ex-vice chancellor of Jahangirnar University Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique said in a function ‘living in the university campus itself...
Ranking higher educational institutions such as universities is a crucial task. It entails one’s thinking on how to rank the universities. What should be...
Innovation in teaching English has started happening in recent years in Bangladesh. Traditional teaching focuses on grammatical rules rather than meaning. Teaching a grammatical...
Motivation, particularly motivating teachers, play a significant role to develop oneself in the profession he /she belongs to. A motivated professional give greater service...
Refugee Education in South Asia: Policies, Practices, and Implications stands in the form of an anthology of nine research papers that tends to unfold...
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...
Bangladesh has experienced a new curriculum, mostly known as a ‘competency-based’ curriculum, since January 2023. The teachers who teach English say the curriculum and the textbooks based on the spirit of this curriculum have been designed quite differently from the previous ones.
One of the most important changes is that students do not have or very little homework, which exacerbates...
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...
When 56,000 scripts of a public examination show changed marks and grades, it undeniably reveals serious scams in our evaluation system. Whatever we do or say, it raises questions about the acceptability of public exam results.
I have witnessed the shams and scams in public examination results since 1991, when I first became an examiner at the Dhaka Education Board....
A very recent report regarding the education of private universities was released in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on education ministry meeting which has baffled...
GOUTAM ROY and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about the necessity a short course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment
Abstract: The aim of this study was...
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...
Even during the closure of corona two public universities namely Barishal and Jahangirnagar witness a very turbulent situation. On 16 February an altercation took...
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...
Public universities are gripped with anomalies and saddest incidents imprinting a slur on the highest seats of learning in the country and exercising a...
A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, shared a thoughtful reflection on educational reform on his wall. Drawing inspiration...
In English language teaching, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is balancing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Due to...
When 56,000 scripts of a public examination show changed marks and grades, it undeniably reveals serious scams in our evaluation system. Whatever we do...
Is storytelling a powerful tool to teach vocabulary and grammar? Teaching English using isolated grammar has become an established practice in our English teaching...
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were published three weeks after the government's initial announcement that they would be...
Is it rational to establish 600 Model Schools and Colleges? Whenever any government assumes office, it wants to do something exceptional in established fields...
Our familiarity with Bloom’s Taxonomy may be greater than SOLO Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy organises learning objectives hierarchically from basic recall to creation, while SOLO...
The nation is eagerly awaiting an exciting, people-friendly budget 2026-2027 from the new government that reflects most of their desires. It is expected that...
A few days ago, one of my Facebook friends and a junior from my university department, Dr Goutam Roy, a Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, shared a thoughtful reflection on educational reform on his wall. Drawing inspiration from Abraham...
