Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do not focus on fluency.
It seems that all want to see whether students or candidates are familiar with various types of exceptional rules of English grammar, or full explanations or clarifications of English grammar, not with fluency in English.
They seem less bothered about testing students’ or candidates’ communicative competence. Moreover, they want to see whether the students and candidates have memorised particular rules,...
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 is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and emphasises conversational communication among learners and teachers.
It is...
Bangladesh carries a heroic history to be independent and it has substantial reason to be proud of it. After getting the independence, Bangladesh had...
All forms of educational institutions have seen closure due to the corona pandemic for about fifteen months. At the primary and secondary level, the...
Milestone School and College experienced quite an unexpected and unfathomable tragic incident, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. However, our response to that...
Primary education of any nation attaches the upmost importance as it indicates the base of real education. The more it is strong; the future of education of the country is. When any special announcement or occasion smells or sees that this tier of education will embrace a special status, everybody must be excited and enthusiastic.
So I am at...
Our glorious Dhaka University which produced many scholars, statesmen, diplomats, scientists, educationists and bureaucrats observed its 90th birth anniversary on July 01, 2011. It...
KHANDAKER LUTFUL KHALED wrote about Draft Education Law 2013
National vision of education
Education is critical to human development, enlightenment and emancipation. It is a powerful...
It is true that the education sector has received significant importance from the government under the able guidance of Nurul Islam Nahid, the minister...
After the introduction of Communicative English in the secondary and Higher Secondary levels how much change in teaching and learning English has taken place...
Introduction
The question of what defines good research is a great deal of attention, but too often it is conceived principally as a methodological question...
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....
The results of the Higher Secondary Examination or HSC result help students determine the future course of study and aim of life. Hence, it attaches much importance. This year 74.30 per cent of students passed the HSC examinations against 78.67 per cent of the previous year. Besides the pass rate, the results also showed a decline in the number...
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 results of the Secondary School Certificate examination came out with the message of a significantly high pass rate and higher grades. And this has become a common picture for the last six years which definitely make us elated as it shows that we are rightly keeping pace with the global jump. Is it the case actually, if we...
As a regular reader of English newspapers, I have gone through the lengthy thought-provoking and valuable writing of an unknown assistant professor of a...
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...
The private university now occupies a significant space in the sphere of higher education in Bangladesh upholding a reality. Over the years these institutions...
GOUTAM ROY and SAMIR RANJAN NATH wrote about the necessity a short course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment
Abstract: The aim of this study was...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do...
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 is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and emphasises conversational communication among learners and teachers.
It is...
A new government was formed on 17 February under the able leadership of Tarique Rahman, following the thirteenth national election, in which the BNP...
The reign of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman from 1975 to 1981 was a significant period for Bangladesh’s education for several reasons. The Monthly Payment...
Continuous syllabus and assessment changes, as well as experiments on young children, make them guinea pigs. The authorities continue doing so, ignoring the children’s...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can see that the questions are heavily based on complex grammar rules. We do not focus...
