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Following the usual calendar, International Literacy Day has appeared again before us to make us conscious and consider our progress since we observed it last year (2024).   The world knows that UNESCO was established on this International Literacy Day in 1966 to raise awareness about the essential role of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies, meaning the darkness of illiteracy must be dispelled by individual, social, state and global efforts. It also means observing the International Literacy Day at the behest or call of the state, only as a ceremonial event that does not reflect its true objective. It is...

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

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Milestone School and College experienced quite an unexpected and unfathomable tragic incident, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. However, our response to that...

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Now teachers’ voice is heard in the global forums to make this planet better giving better education to the students. In the 7th Asia-...

Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries

I often find myself criticising governments worldwide for failing to create opportunities for poor people, especially in the education sector. We certainly should be...

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Primary Completion Examination 2012: Who Drop Out and Why?

The primary completion examinations 2012 of general and madrasa education just completed with some 29.69 lakh examinees. This year the primary completion examination has taken place at 6,364 centers across the country and another eight centers overseas. A total of 26,41,067 general and 3,28,326 madrasa students have registered to sit for the exams while the number of female examinees...

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Educational Crisis in Bangladesh

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Guideline for Constructing Effective Test Items

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The Relationship between Education Index and GDP Index

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What Students are Learning? Stop Staging the Theatre of Education

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Necessary Skills for a Secondary School English Teacher

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English Teachers’ Classroom Practices in Rural Secondary Schools: An Exploration of the Effect of BRAC Training

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Ragging Culture in Bangladeshi Universities

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Certificate Business in Private Universities

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

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