A DECLINE or stagnation in the number of students in general education and an increase in the number of students in madrassah education, beginning from the secondary to the tertiary level, in the past few years brings to the fore a couple of issues to think over for managers of national education. Official figures show that the number of students in general education from...
The number of students at the schools and colleges from the secondary to tertiary levels of education in the country has dropped in the past few years...
THE education system, conventionally regarded as the foundational pillar of the nation, now stands fragile and neglected. Consequently, the teachers, architects of this system, have been relegated to a class characterised by deprivation and lack of rights. In stark opposition to the legitimate, distressed pleas of this profession, the state has manifested a leviathan character...
THE commitment of the government to national education appears to have faltered all along as the number of teachers of English and mathematics in institutions of secondary education has decreased whilst the number of institutions and students has increased over the past 13 years. The results of secondary and higher secondary public examinations make the proposition...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Monday described the country鈥檚 education system as 鈥榚xtremely low quality鈥�, blaming the politicians and the bureaucracy for the longstanding neglect of education...
The number of English and mathematics teachers at the secondary-level educational institutions in the country decreased in the past 13 years amid the students鈥� poor show in these two subjects in different public examinations...
Bangladesh Medical University held a seminar on the 鈥榚valuation of Islamic medical education and ethical practice鈥� at the Super Specialised Hospital of BMU in Dhaka on Saturday...
Assistant teachers of government primary schools have called off their planned hunger strike after a meeting with officials from the primary and mass education ministry, where they discussed their three-point demand.
The education ministry issued a circular on Tuesday, making the director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Professor Muhammad Azad Khan, Officer on Special Duty.
THE primary education system is equipped with an impressive competency-based curriculum. Subject- and grade-wise competencies have been identified and corresponding learning outcomes have been developed. Based on the outcomes, textbooks were...
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology and Selcuk University in Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding to further expand and strengthen the fields of education, research, innovation and knowledge exchange between the two universities at the DUET in Gazipur on Thursday...
The University of Dhaka, Jahangirnagar University, Daffodil International University, Gazipur Agricultural University and the North South University have jointly ranked first among all universities in Bangladesh in the United Kingdom-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026...
The education ministry, in an unusual move, issued a circular on Monday night, calling for applications for recruitment in the lead position of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that every girl child had to be ensured safety, quality education and nutrition and transformed into skilled human resources as they would be the future mothers, future citizens...
Academicians and experts on Sunday identified deep structural weaknesses, outdated curricula and poor investment as the biggest challenges facing the country鈥檚 education system.
AFTER a long hiatus of 14 years, the primary scholarship examination returned to the education system in 2022 with brief examinations. After another suspension in 2023 and 2024, the examinations have now been reinstated in the comprehensive form. Government primary schools, Primary Teachers鈥� Training Institute-adjacent checking schools and primary schools...
The government wants to make madrassah education relevant, practical and modern, the interim government鈥檚 adviser to the education ministry Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar said on Wednesday...
Vice-chancellor of the National University Professor ASM Amanullah at a workshop in Dhaka on Tuesday said that to survive in the competition for employment, science, especially IT education, was essential for students...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 inflation rose to its highest level in 14 months in September due to higher costs for food, health and education, the country鈥檚 statistics office said Tuesday...
Education adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar said on Friday that the country had to adopt a biotechnology-driven approach to tackle pressing challenges in health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.
WHEN we were students in the 1980s and 鈥�90s, we frequently heard that education was the backbone of a nation. Personally, I believed that education was the (only) path towards social mobility, freedom, and human flourishing. However, now, as an...
Inadequate accessibility in infrastructure continues to keep people with disabilities away from essential services, education and jobs.
THE failure to implement the National Education Policy 2010 stands as a stark reminder that education, the backbone of the nation, remains neglected. The policy was welcomed as a landmark for reform, promising to extend primary education up to Class VIII, secondary education up to Class XII, introduce a uniform curriculum, strengthen vocational training and...
With the major recommendations of the National Education Policy 2010 left unimplemented in the past 15 years, the interim government is now planning to reform the policy.
An initiative to engage the primary and mass education ministry in printing and distributing free textbooks for the pre-primary- and primary-level education is advancing despite objection from National Curriculum and Textbook Board officials.
The Directorate of Primary Education, under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and the British Council have formalised a partnership set to shape the future of primary education across Bangladesh...
The Dhaka Education Board on Tuesday directed heads of all non-government educational institutions under the board to form governing bodies and managing committees.
BANGLADESH observed International Literacy Day on September 8 without having any accurate statistics on the literacy rate in the country. During the Awami League regime, the government had manipulated the literacy rate on a number of occasions to falsely claim its success in the education sector. During their three consecutive terms, the literacy rate increased...
Enrolment of the children aged between six and 10 in the primary education providing institutions declined in 2024 across the country.
Adviser to the primary and mass education ministry Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Sunday said that they were considering reducing the number of holidays for primary level educational institutions...
