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Govt must shore post-flood issues to resume educational activities

MANY educational institutions still not being able to resume academic activities especially in Feni, Cumilla and Noakhali that went under water in the recent flooding of Bangladesh’s east, north-east and south-east warrants an early attention of a few public agencies as the academic year is drawing near. The flooding that had affected about six million people...

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Focus should be on functional literacy, not only three Rs

THE literacy rate for people aged above seven years that the national statistical office has come up with every year for 19 years, from 2023 backward to 2005, shows a consistent increase, by small leaps though. Literacy rate is reported to have been 52.1 per cent in 2005 and it has increased to 77.9 per cent in 2023, keeping to official documents...

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A journey of professional development

TEACHERS and students need to take part in the professional development spectrum to remain updated with the current global trends of education, methodology, pedagogy, integrated content approaches and multiculturalism which are essential to ensure substantive and international standards of education in and around the classroom...

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Forced resignation goes on defying govt order

Forcible and undignified resignations of the heads of different educational institutions, from schools to universities, are continuing across the country defying the interim government’s directives.

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Asking the right questions

EDUCATION in Bangladesh has been recently experiencing rigorous scrutiny after decades of stagnant underfunding, malpractice and poor prioritisation. Moreover, the broader sector has been crucially lacking accountability for public good under the now-deposed dictatorial regime. Thus, the masses barely had an opinion to pose or a question to ask...

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Populist decisions can hardly improve education governance

THE education ministry has decided not to hold the remaining Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations deferred in the changed reality that had emerged in the middle of July out of the student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations. The examinations were scheduled to begin on June 30 and end on August 21...

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Previous education curriculum to return

The interim government’s education adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said that the government would return to the previous curriculum gradually as the new curriculum seemed to be not implementable in Bangladesh...

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Edn institutes reopen today

All educational institutions from secondary to tertiary levels under the education ministry are likely to reopen today.

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Revamp of constitution demanded

Speakers in a discussion on Wednesday demanded a revamp of the constitution to plug loopholes preventing any dictators from rising in future...

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New curriculum not suspended: ministry

Education ministry officials on Saturday confirmed that a new school curriculum had not been suspended amid a confusion raised in this regard...

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Byju’s avoids bankruptcy

An Indian appeals tribunal stopped bankruptcy proceedings against troubled educational technology firm Byju on Friday after the company agreed to settle a $19-million unpaid sponsorship debt owed to the country’s powerful cricket board...

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Education at standstill

The higher secondary and tertiary level students in Bangladesh are likely to face a severe session jam amid the intermittent closures of the educational institutions owing...

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Byju’s begins bankruptcy proceedings

An Indian tribunal began bankruptcy proceedings against troubled educational technology firm Byju’s on Tuesday over a $19 million unpaid sponsorship debt owed to the country’s powerful cricket board...

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MPs censure edn sector corruption

The Jatiya Party and independent lawmakers said on Sunday in Jatiya Sangsad that the country’s education sector was beset with widespread irregularities, corruption, and...

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Vocationalising education

SCHOLARS have identified various goals of education. These goals are never static; they keep changing with changes in society and societal needs. Meeting the demands of the...