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Expected education budget 2026-27

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 the new government’s budget 2026-2027 will be placed based on the lessons learned from the previous government’s budgets. Education Budget as a share of the Total Budget and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expenditure on education as a percentage has not shown a positive trend over the previous fiscal years. The expenditure on education as a share of GDP has been less than 2 per cent between FY2016 and FY2026. The revised budget for the education sector as...

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Expected education budget 2026-27

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...

DC Conference: Educational issues discussed on the first day

The DC Conference 2026, the first of its kind since the BNP government came to power after the 12 February National Election, is taking...

Getting tougher in public examinations means taking steps to ensure quality education

The country's SSC and equivalent public examinations will begin on 21 April, the first of its kind since the new government assumed office. The...

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Milestone Tragedy and Our Response

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

Neo-Liberal Hegemony and The Education Policy of Bangladesh

The role of education is to build the nation and making linkages with knowledge and empowerment. It is true that education directly influences politics,...

Student Politics in Bangladesh: An Impact on Quality Assurance in Education and National Development

Abstract: Student politics is one of ignored areas in international scholarly debate. In the late 1960’s to early 70’s, some authors made some contributions...

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Recruiting Teachers Without Written Test: A Suicidal Decision

The continuous demeaning situation of education did not see the way to recruit deserving and real qualified teachers as teachers were employed in educational institutions by the local touts turned managing committee members who recruited teachers by virtue of their muscle and party power that made huge scope for them to illegally earn money by employing unqualified teachers, in...

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Virtual Classroom and Distance Learning: Bangladesh Perspective – 2

The process of virtual classroom and virtual learning can be easily described by a figure. With the below figure we try to show how...

This Year’s HSC Results Tell Many Things About Our Educational Arena

Higher Secondary Certificate examination or HSC results came out showing the upward trend raising the usual question of quality in the minds of the...

Reexamining the Scripts of Examination

In the SSC and HSC examinations, students fail to obtain their desired grades and so apply for rechecking their examinations with the hope of...

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Gender Analysis of the Incumbent PRSP to Develop the Next 5-year Plan: Education Sector

NAZMUL AHSAN MIRAZ writes on PRSP It is well recognized that education is one of the key elements for building the knowledge base of the...

Our Children are Under House Arrest

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Primary School Terminal Exam 2012: Quantity Achieved, Quality?

The primary terminal exam result 2012 has been published on last week of December, 2012. This year the pass rate marked slight rise with...

Education in Budget Speech 2012-13

Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Dear Readers, we are just representing below the Education part of the budget speech 2012-13 for your quick reading presented by...

Literature Circles Help Develop Language and Collaboration

A literature circle is an activity in which members meet to discuss and respond to a book that they are all reading (Daniels 2002)....

An Analysis of Primary Education : Some Initiatives to Make Curriculum Success

Bangladesh possesses importance in many aspects, particularly in the area of primary education, that convey the strength to the way forward. Having the development...

The Relationship between Education Index and GDP Index

Abstract: The education and GDP indices are two components to determine the human development index set by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). There...

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Senior Teacher Position Created with First-class Officer Status

The government secondary schools will see Senior Teacher position with the status of first-class gazetted officer that must be a welcome move. The number of government secondary schools had been only 317 for many years in a country of sixteen crore people that expresses stately importance towards this tier of education.  However, the non-government teacher associations have been struggling...

HSC Result and Our Politics

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...

The Thought of Increasing Pass Rate Overshadows Quality

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...

Unitrack education system of Bangladesh

Education builds a nation. It is very important for Individual, Society and State. National development highly depends on Education. Education is the main component to execute the dream of the nation. Education has two general aspects, (1) Philosophical aspect & (2) Structural aspect.' Why we should learn?'-this question is related to the philosophy of education. If the philosophical position...

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Need Assessment of a Short Course on Educational Evaluation and Assessment

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...

Is New Admission System in MBBS and BDS Bliss or Bane?

The hasty decision of the ministry of health regarding the admission test for admission seekers to MBBS and BDS course has sparked protest across...

How Private Universities Contribute to Tertiary Education

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

I Never Wanted to be an Educationist

Though I never wanted to become an educationist or a curriculum developer in my teenage years, I asked my teacher in 8th grade why...

Do We Need More Public Universities?

The government has planned to establish five more public universities that has sparked a dozen questions whether we need more public universities at this...

Honours and Masters in Non-Government Colleges

It is frequently heard that honours and masters in non-government colleges will be closed down. Our education minister says it on time and occasion...

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Expected education budget 2026-27

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