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...
A new government was formed on 17 February under the able leadership of Tarique Rahman, following the thirteenth national election, in which the BNP...
Primary education must be very much attractive and interesting with giving the very basic facts of the subjects children can digest as the impression of receiving education at this level continue till the closing days of a human being. We boast of giving free and compulsory primary education to our future generation along with the free distribution of textbooks....
Special Features and Examples of ACS Reference Style
1. ACS (American Chemical Society) Style
Special Features: ACS is the standard citation style for chemistry. In this...
Introduction
Primary education in Bangladesh has been expanded in recent years, but the quality did not improve with quantity (Nath, 2002). To increase access to...
Abstract: Inclusive Education has received serious policy attention in Bangladesh and become one of the major focuses of the policies of governments across many...
Whenever we see English questions, whether in public examinations, BCS, or any recruitment test, let alone the internal examinations of educational institutions, we can...
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...
Now is the time to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all using education technology and maximizing research,...
The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the true sense of the term, the teaching-learning scenario, receiving and giving education evaporated many years back from our classes, educational institutions, and society, with some exceptions occurring in some institutions like missionary and privately run...
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 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...
The national scene of education in terms of passes percentage in the secondary and higher secondary levels show a rising trend every year. But quality still remains a question. Maybe, the quality also is increasing but not up to the mark. This year the pass percentage of HSC has improved from last year’s 75.08 to 78.67. In 2010 this...
HELALI MORTUZA BHUIYAN wrote about Statement of Purpose
1. Preface
This article is all about writing a good Statement of Purpose or SOP. I am assuming...
All forms of educational institutions have seen closure due to the corona pandemic for about fifteen months. At the primary and secondary level, the...
A timely and thought-provoking article appeared in the Daily Star of its September 9 issue under the caption ‘Campus Police’ which received my attention...
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,...
With a view to making university education in Bangladesh a ‘brand’ for others to follow, the Education Quality Assurance Foundation (EQAF) was founded by...
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...