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...
Just after the assumption of power, the present government formed a commission to direct our education policy towards an effective, scientific and modern one...
In Chattogram, our Education Advisor recently said, “It will not take much time to change the country when education touches all. Education makes humans...
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...
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...
KAZI SAMEEO SHEESH, MD. MOAZZEM HOSSAIN and MOHAMMAD TAREQUE RAHMAN wrote about Language and Numeric Foundation
Abstract: The paper highlights how the government primary schools...
The development of several types of instructional materials is one of the major steps of each curriculum planning and development procedure. Though the textbook...
NGOs are dedicated to alleviating rural poverty as well as other areas of working like women empowerment and education NGOs emerged to supplement the...
The ignition
In a recent interview, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University, interpreted the education status of some Asian countries which are much more...
NAZMUL AHSAN MIRAZ wrote about Gender Perspective in the Education Policy
This write up is developed on the document developed by Steps Towards Development to...
Reality of government primary school teachers in Bangladesh
Teachers play an important role in education process. Competent and effective teachers are an essential requirement to...
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...
It is the new initiative of BRAC to develop trained English teachers into trainers. It is based on the theory of “The mother who gives birth to a child knows best the pain of childbirth”. This initiative has sparked hope and enthusiasm among the rural secondary English teachers. To speak the truth, we have discovered the hidden potentialities among...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam in Bangladesh is one of the most significant exams, which marks the end of a student’s secondary education, paving the way for higher studies.
This year, the Higher Secondary Certificate exams ran from June 26 to August 19, 2025. Exams took place across 11 education boards: nine general, one Madrasah and one Technical. A...
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 made public. This late publication of results poses a pertinent question in the minds of around 19 lakh examinees and all others concerned.
We guess that the new government wanted to evaluate the scripts of the...
With a view to addressing the increasing crisis of admission into the intermediate level, the government turned ten government schools into colleges and this process was started in 2007 as a huge number of students passed the SSC examination that year. Firstly, Dhanmondi Government High School, Motijheel Government Boys’ High School and Sher-e-Banglanagar Boys’ High School introduced intermediate class....
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...
The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of tertiary education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. over the years these institutions...
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,...
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...
