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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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We are now faced with such kind of students who is growing up with the Internet age, compared with students in the traditional sense;...
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Battle for Admission into Schools
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Things have truly surfaced that students are still unable to use English in their practical life even though they attain good grades in the...
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The Thought of Increasing Pass Rate Overshadows Quality
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Decision to Conduct Online Examinations in Public Universities Calls for Appreciation
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Dhaka University Must Retain Its Glory and Prove Centre of Excellence
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