Education

Education

The trade-off between school and private

The dilemma arises due to significant structural failures, and in reality, it's a choice only for some.

2y ago

I hate online classes, here’s why

Technological advancement is not in sync with tech literacy of our teachers.

2y ago

Group mates you end up with on a computer science project

For anyone majoring in CS or CSE, working on a group project is a rite of passage that they all have to go through.

2y ago

SSC results at noon today

It is a big day for candidates of SSC and equivalent exams as results of this year’s tests will be available at schools, online and through text messages around noon today. .Prof Tapan Kumar Sarker, chief of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, said chairpersons of all boards

2y ago

Opinion / Our education system needs to deal with sectarianism better

Communal and nationalistic expressions in our education system are not uncommon.

2y ago

Z-library banned, students in a frenzy

On November 4, domain names of Z-Library, the website which claimed to be the world’s largest ebook library, were seized by the US Department of Justice. 

2y ago

Private Universities have a crowding problem

The students have a clear demand, "Take less or make space."

2y ago

Reality of private university, cross border higher education

Higher education under private arrangement started its journey in Bangladesh in 1992 under the Private University Act 1992.

3y ago

Towards a new paradigm

There is no doubt that Bangladesh suffers from the trap of low learning, and a key element of this is the lack of qualified teachers.

5y ago

Academia’s global standing: The research imperative

Recently an M Phil student, studying service management of hospital patients, emailed: “Sir, I am doing descriptive type of cross-sectional study and I am not testing any hypothesis.

5y ago

Was it the right decision?

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has circulated a directive to public universities recently to close all evening degree programmes. It is a populist move, made without consultation with stakeholders.

5y ago

Assessment in university courses must be innovative, realistic and relevant

Assess-ment of student learning in a course, in general, is interpreted as a means to evaluate the attainment of the course content

5y ago

High stake exams for children

Issuing a suo moto rule on November 20, the High Court questioned the legality of the expulsion of children from Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) and its madrasa equivalent Ebtedayee terminal examinations.

5y ago

The learning crisis requires a new approach

For most children, turning 10 is an exciting moment. They’re learning more about the world and expanding their horizons. But too many children—more than half of all 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries—cannot read and understand a simple story.

5y ago

Setting our priorities straight

When job seekers look for new employees, they need a system to filter out the best candidates. Indicators of potential or skill are a key component.

5y ago

Just being brilliant is not enough

In general, the top meritorious students of our country study science in higher secondary school after passing the secondary school final examination.

5y ago

Weighing the ‘why’ behind education

I once faced a question from someone I would have never imagined it to come from. It was a humid afternoon and we had assembled under the large banyan tree on the green

5y ago

Violence-Free Campus: Universities must get back control of their halls

In the aftermath of Abrar Fahad’s murder in a BCL “torture cell” at the Sher-e-Bangla Hall of Buet, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed all the educational institutions to look into their student dormitories to find out if there are similar torture cells there as well.

5y ago