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A response to the government’s decision to scrap the lottery for admission

There must be no admission test or even a lottery for children up to class three, let alone KG children. The guardians must take their children to the schools adjacent to their respective homes, whether government or private. Of course, our government primary schools are not available in urban areas according to the population. Moreover, most guardians show their reluctance to send their wards to those schools for some valid reasons. However, private schools are available here and there. Without running after so-called reputable schools, guardians should send their children to schools near their homes, which will make their children’s lives...

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A response to the government’s decision to scrap the lottery for admission

There must be no admission test or even a lottery for children up to class three, let alone KG children. The guardians must take...

Grammar or fluency in English: Which one is more important?

Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can...

Dogme ELT fosters a communicative atmosphere and natural learning

Dogme ELT is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and emphasises conversational communication among learners and teachers. It is...

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

Bangladesh carries a heroic history to be independent and it has substantial reason to be proud of it. After getting the independence, Bangladesh had...

Medium of Instruction at Education level: Instigating Social, Cultural, and Economic Division and Inequality in Bangladesh

Education is regarded as an important ingredient to one’s life as it provides an individual a new outlook towards society and people. It can...

Using Multimedia Presentation Method in Higher Education: Reality and Recommendation

G. M. RAKIBUL ISLAM and RIDWANUL MOSRUR wrote about Multimedia Presentation Nowadays, the role of technology in education is very crucial. The importance of the...

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The Rationale behind the Strike of Government Primary School Teachers

No sooner had eighty thousand teachers of twenty thousand registered non-government primary schools left the street than the government primary school teachers occupied the street. Thanks to the leaders of primary school teachers for selecting a very technical and strategic time to press home their demands. If the present regime gets back to power they will forget the demands...

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What Is More Important for Effective Learning: Memorizing The Topic or Understanding?

Heya Mubasshira discusses the important strategies for effective learning Once a nobleman said, "If there is no treasure in scripture and heaven, then there is...

Philosophical View on Teachers and Teachers in Real Work Place: A critical Writing in Context of Bangladeshi Primary Education – 1

Introduction Teaching is one of the fundamental elements in the process of formal education. Effective teaching is often a requirement of the achievement of the...

Plan to Introduce Diagnostic Assessment in Grade Six Calls for Appreciation

The students who get enrolled in class six after crossing the bar of the PECE examination show a considerable amount of weakness and learning...

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Primary Scholarship Exam – To Be or Not To Be!

There was a time when primary scholarship was conducted after completing the annual examination of class five. Usually, the students who occupied top positions...

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....

International Literacy Day: Should not We Redefine ‘Literacy’ Against the Current Global Scenario?

Following the usual calendar, International Literacy Day has appeared again before us to make us conscious and consider our progress since we observed it...

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...

Role of Education in National Development

Education unquestionably plays a vital role in national development. Private higher education market is particularly complex as measurement of the 'educational product' is a...

Teaching Language without Textbook

Language teaching needs five important components such as students, teachers, materials, teaching methods and evaluation. Using materials mostly indicating textbooks gets third importance in...

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...

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Receiving TESOL President Award

Any kind of recognition to any innovative work works as a guiding force to go forward for any individual and organization. It’s an incentive as well. When it happens in the field of education it brings more pleasure for those who belong to this field. I have been in this line for quite a long time first as a...

A Study on New Curriculum: Grade Seven Students’ Status in English

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 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...

Teachers to Teach Subjects in New Curriculum

Now it is known to us that from the year 2023, new textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in the light of the new curriculum, which is going to be implemented in January. The role of teachers will be of serious importance, and the assessment will see fifty per cent in the form of formative and...

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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...

Do We Need More Public Universities?

The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...

UGC Reveals Poor Performance of Public Universities

Recently the University Grants Commission or UGC has conducted a survey on our five public universities. It has revealed the findings which really tend...

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...

Private University and Higher Education

The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...

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);...

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A response to the government’s decision to scrap the lottery for admission

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A response to the government’s decision to scrap the lottery for admission

There must be no admission test or even a lottery for children up to class three, let alone KG children. The guardians must take their children to the schools adjacent to their respective homes, whether government or private. Of course,...