Education sector鈥檚 share in GDP keeps falling
The share of allocation for the primary and mass education and education ministries in the gross domestic product has fallen in the proposed national budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year.....
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President for quality edn, research
President Mohammed Shahabuddin asked the university authorities to ensure quality education and research on campuses coping with modern education programs across the world...
BdREN conducts workshops on network security
Bangladesh Research and Education Network conducted two back-to-back international workshops focusing on 鈥楴etwork Security鈥� at the Long Beach Hotel in...
UGC calls on IQACs to ensure quality of education at univs
The member of the Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Professor Biswajit Chanda, called on Institutional Quality Assurance Cells of different public universities to play a role in improving the quality of education and research at higher educational institutions of the country by organising training programmes, workshops and seminars for their students, teachers and staffs...
Evolution of learning
IN THIS rapidly transforming landscape of the 21st century, the traditional means and modes of education are failing to make our students ready for the challenges of the new world. The current era demands that students equip themselves with all-inclusive expertise, superior knowledge and abilities boosted through market-driven education...
Curriculum, belonging and society
RECENTLY, I was invited to present an online seminar hosted by a language education research centre at a UK university. I had the freedom to choose my topic. And I chose to talk about our ongoing research on local textbooks, varieties of English, and ideologies. This research is based on an analysis of textbooks used in Bangladesh...
Govt orders NU to transfer students from its on-campus courses to other edu insts
The education ministry on Thursday directed the National University authorities to transfer the students enrolled for its honours programmes on the main campus to other colleges and universities...
Teacher shortage harming public medical education worrying
TEACHER shortage, the absence of teaching hospitals and other infrastructural inadequacy having constrained education in public medical colleges, more in the 19 colleges that started academic activities after 2010, is hugely worrying...
Teacher shortage hits medical education hard in Bangladesh
Medical education in public medical colleges, especially those established in recent years, has been badly affected by shortages of teachers, hospital facilities, and...
Student well-being and new curriculum
THE concept of well-being has come to dominate the public and political agenda globally. It has also become almost a universal aim for education systems. Specifically, student well-being can be located at the centre of policy, curriculum, and pedagogy. It鈥檚 hard to dismiss well-being as an educational holy grail...
UK businesses criticise visa crackdown on int鈥檒 students
The UK government鈥檚 toughening of immigration policy for overseas university students risks weakening the higher education sector and could hit recruitment and investment, business leaders warned on Thursday...
Widening educational gap
EDUCATION is the cornerstone upon which a nation鈥檚 prosperity and progress are built. While efforts in health, infrastructure, and finance are important, without enhancing human capital through education, these efforts will not be..
Imo, JAAGO join hands for better education of marginalised children
Instant communication platform imo and Bangladesh-based non-profit organization JAAGO Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate better education for the marginalised children of the country....
England may ban sex education for kids under 9, gender teaching in schools
Schools in England will be banned from teaching gender identity under government proposals due to be published Thursday, with growing concern in the UK and elsewhere about the contentious issue.
Poorly performing schools show failure of education authorities
THE results of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations, published on May 12, show that no single examinee has come out successful from 51 educational institutions, mostly madrassahs. Forty-two of the institutions are...
Questions that need to be answered
THE secondary school certificate and equivalent examinations started on February 15, the written tests were completed on March 12, and the practical examinations continued until March 20, beginning on March 13, 2024. On May 12, the results came out, meaning that...
Educational institutes to remain closed on Saturdays after Eid-ul-Azha
Schools, colleges, madrassahs and technical educational institutions under the Education Ministry are likely to remain closed on Saturdays after Eid-ul-Azha, said education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Sunday...
None from 51 edn institutions pass SSC
No students passed from 51 educational institutions, mostly madrassahs, in the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent...
SSC, equivalent pass rate rises
The combined pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations slightly increased in 2024. The results published on Sunday showed...
Summary, statistics of SSC results handed over to prime minister
The summary and statistics of this year鈥檚 Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations were handed over to prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday morning...
New curriculum introduces Indian culture: seminar
Politicians, academics and Islamic scholars, at a seminar on proposed new education curriculum on Friday, said that the government was going to...
Addressing unemployment
WITHIN the rich and diverse fabric of Bangladesh鈥檚 educational panorama, there exists a formidable barrier that obstructs its path to progress: a conspicuous inadequacy in the standard of education. Despite a remarkable surge in enrolment rates, a closer scrutiny uncovers...
Govt for free education till Class VIII
The ministries of education and primary and mass education on Sunday agreed to collaborate for delivering education free of cost or at nominal cost up to...
Nine Bangladeshi universities in Times Higher Education 2024 Asia list
Nine universities in Bangladesh have made it to the Times Higher Education 2024 Asia list.....
Chaos over school closure continues
The classes of secondary-level schools, colleges, madrassahs, and technical educational institutions were held in 37 districts on Tuesday amid the suffering of...
Low presence of students seen at Dhaka primary schools amid heatwave
Low presence of students was seen at some of the primary schools in the capital on the second consecutive day on Monday after the resumption of classes amid a fresh heatwave alert...
Many students fall sick as schools reopen
All secondary-level schools, colleges, madrassahs, and technical educational institutions in five districts, including Dhaka, have been closed for Monday, a day after...
High schools, colleges, madrassahs in Dhaka, 4 other dists to remain closed Monday
All secondary-level schools, colleges, and madrassahs in Dhaka and four other districts will remain closed on Monday due to ongoing heatwave......
SSC results likely by May 11
The results of this year鈥檚 Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams are expected to be published in the second week of May...