BANGLADESH鈥橲 journey towards a knowledge-based economy will remain incomplete without meaningful reforms across all levels of education. Recent proposals such as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 pledge to enhance the economic and social standing of primary school teachers, alongside expanded training, deserve serious policy attention. International research...
Bangladesh Research and Education Network, in collaboration with the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, organised a workshop on e-resources at Hotel Lakeshore Heights in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Eastern University held a seminar titled Prospects of Higher Studies and International Work Permit Visa in Japan at the Rezakul Haider Hall of the EU at Ashulia Model Town in Dhaka on Monday...
The Australian Higher Education Roadshow 2025 was successfully held at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on Monday...
FOR decades, the reformation of both school and higher education in Bangladesh has been a subject of discussion in policy circles, academia and civil society. Today, fresh calls are echoing for the immediate formation of a new education commission to address the deep-rooted challenges that continue to undermine our education system.聽 While several education...
Over half of the female beneficiaries of a Bureau of Non-Formal Education pilot project for skill-based literacy for the out-of-school adolescents anticipate or have already faced pressure to exit apprenticeships they got after the project, according to an outcome study released on Saturday...
THE historic July mass uprising of 2024 was not merely a political reckoning, it was a moral awakening. Sparked by growing inequality, youth frustration and lack of access to basic services, the protests united citizens across classes and districts. The people demanded justice, not just in law but in livelihood. They did not ask for luxury, they asked for education...
FOOD or cash for education programme, launched in 1993 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party under the leadership of its chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, stands out as a landmark initiative that transformed the country鈥檚 educational landscape and social fabric. This pioneering programme, designed to combat poverty-induced school...
BANGLADESH is a densely populated country in the tropical zone where 3,496 people live per square mile. And, more densely populated is Dhaka city where 5,001 people per square mile. If people in this densely populated area do not adhere to proper health rules, it is almost impossible to prevent infectious diseases...
Bangladesh must devise strategies to keep its best brains in the country and engage their merit in advancing the society, experts and other stakeholders have observed and to achieve that they have stressed key reforms in the education system...
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi having cancelled the history second-paper question set for the forthcoming Higher Secondary Certificate examinations amid allegations of a leak from a police station in Naogaon suggests that the authorities have yet to ensure foolproof security to prevent question paper leaks. The set of questions was kept in a...
The Rajshahi Education Board on Saturday cancelled a history 2nd paper question set for the forthcoming Higher Secondary Certificate examinations after a trunk containing the question papers was found unlocked and breached inside the Dhamoirhat police station in Naogaon.
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday said that although the transfusion medicine department of the BMU provided services to patients by collecting blood safely and provided better higher education to students, more emphasis should be placed on research...
The government should consider the demand of the aspiring teachers for non-government educational institutes very carefully because it involves the quality of our teaching standards. In two separate protests in the capital on June 15, people interested in becoming a teacher for non-governmental secondary and higher secondary schools but who failed to meet either the...
THROUGHOUT history, human society has continuously evolved, driven by waves of technological progress and innovation. While industries, economies, and everyday life have rapidly transformed, education systems across the globe have often...
The education ministry has published an advertisement in different newspapers, calling applications from eligible persons for the vice-chancellor positions at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology and the University of Barishal.
AS BANGLADESH unveils its national budget for the 2025鈥�26 financial year, the country stands at a defining moment. Despite repeated commitments, successive governments have failed to make significant increases in education funding. Public investment has consistently remained below the levels needed to deliver meaningful outcomes. With education funding...
EDUCATION remains the most powerful tool for individual empowerment and societal transformation. In a country like Bangladesh, where more than a third of the population is under 25, investment in education is not just a moral imperative; it is a strategic necessity. The fiscal year 2025鈥�26 budget offers a critical opportunity to reflect on the government鈥檚 priorities in this...
The share of education in gross domestic product fell again for the sixth year in a row, which is evident from the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025鈥�26.
Educational institutions have embarked on yet another long holiday combining Eid-ul-Azha and summer holiday with all government and non-government secondary and junior secondary level educational institutions going on a 23-day holiday from Sunday...
The education of around 2,30,000 Rohingya children in Bangladesh is under threat due to an acute and deepening funding crisis, according to the United Nations International Children鈥檚 Emergency Fund.
FOR a nation that dreams of becoming smart and progressive, Bangladesh鈥檚 educational budget is anything but intelligent. Year after year, we manage the impossible: allocating the聽lowest聽proportion of GDP to education in all of South Asia. That鈥檚 not a passing trend; that鈥檚 an institutional achievement in national self-sabotage, if you will...
Academic activities at the primary and secondary schools in the country are facing disruptions amid work abstention by the teachers and employees of the institutions, pressing their demands for pay rise and promotion...
BANGLADESH is one of the prominent developing countries in Asia, with a population exceeding 180 million, of which 48.8 per cent are under the age of 25. This young demographic holds immense potential. If provided with quality education and adequate training, this segment of the population could become a formidable asset for the country鈥檚 economic growth...
BANGLADESH continues to face significant challenges in ensuring quality education, universally recognised as the cornerstone of national development, for all. Despite commendable progress in the enrolment rate, the dropout rate remains high, especially among girls and in marginalised communities while learning outcomes lag behind regional peers. The key to...
THE tragic and brutal murder of Shahriar Alam Samya, a bright student from the Institute of Education and Research at Dhaka University, has struck a deep blow to the nation鈥檚 conscience. Once the torchbearer of progress and a hub for democratic movements, Dhaka University now finds itself grappling with an unsettling darkness that falls over its campus...
THE lingering crisis in Bangladesh鈥檚 tertiary education system, nearly a year after the student-led uprising of July and August 2024, paints a bleak picture of institutional dysfunction, political inertia and squandered opportunities. What began as a popular movement to address perceived injustices in the quota system and an unpopular pension reform quickly spiralled...
ACADEMIC activities in institutions of tertiary education are yet to get back on a good footing as the atmosphere in the institutions still goes through hiccups that began in July 2024. It has already been more than 10 months since the universities began facing disruption in academic activities when public university teachers began abstaining from work in protest at...
Normal academic atmosphere in tertiary-level educational institutions is yet to be restored in the country even after almost 11 months of the student-led mass uprising in July and August in 2024.
BANGLADESH is at a critical juncture where demographic opportunity meets economic necessity. With a median age of just over 27 years and more than two million youth entering the labour market every year, the demand for employable skills has never been greater. Against this backdrop, polytechnic education, the cornerstone of technical and vocational education...