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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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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!
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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If we look at NCTB from two decades ago until today, there is no room to appreciate it. Every year, heaps of allegations, complaints,...
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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...
Educated Unemployed of Our Country
Youth is one of the vital forces of a nation. The youth guide a nation towards a better direction and development. But the youth...
Educational Crisis in Bangladesh
It is admirable that the enrolment rate is rising along with gender parity in the primary schools of Bangladesh. Moreover, public expenditure for education...
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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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Motivating Learners
Low motivation stands in the ways of reaching the full potential of the students as a learner and, therefore, motivating learners is important. The...
Teacher Development in Brazil
Teacher development is one of the most important concerns for education policymakers. There remain various factors regarding the issue of teacher development. To achieve...
Teaching English in the light of Communicative Language Teaching
Innovation in teaching and learning English has started happening in recent years in Bangladesh. Traditional teaching focuses on grammatical rules rather than meaning. Teaching...
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No Admission Test for Kids
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Empathy should be Nurtured in Our Kids
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‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Exams at Dead of Night
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Inclusive Education in Bangladesh: Trend or requirement?
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The Guest Teacher: The Interesting Character for Building Dreams of the Young Learners
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Non-formal Primary Education Programme of BRAC: Scope, Growth, Achievements and Factors Contributing to its Success
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English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training
RIFAT AFROZE, MD. MAHBUBUL KABIR AND ARIFA RAHMAN wrote about BRAC Training ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effect of the BRAC training programme for English language teachers of rural non-government secondary schools. It examined the change in the teachers in terms of their pedagogic skills, language skills development, knowledge about Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and their attitudes towards this new...
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...
Unitrack education system of Bangladesh
Education builds a nation. It is very important for Individual, Society and State. National development highly depends on Education. Education is the main component to execute the dream of the nation. Education has two general aspects, (1) Philosophical aspect & (2) Structural aspect.' Why we should learn?'-this question is related to the philosophy of education. If the philosophical position...
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...
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Research and Our Universities
Today’s universities is featured and marked by teachers’ negligible or not at all involved in research and more involvement in teacher politics. Involvement in...
World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?
Mahbub Alam Prodip writes about Bangladeshi University Ranking The ‘Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’, ‘Times Higher Education (THE)’, ‘The Center for World University Ranking (CWUR)’ and ‘The...
I Never Wanted to be an Educationist
Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why...
How Private Universities Contribute to Tertiary Education
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An Evaluation Technique Towards Uniformity of PhD for Future World
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Certificate Business in Private Universities
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