Bangladesh education
The perils of our English education
The problem of students underperforming in English is perennial.
Educating education: An academic's two cents on education reform
Today, students are still subjected to, more or less, the same so-called education that we or our seniors experienced.
National assessment of students give ominous signals
What is most telling is the discrepancy in academic performance across divisions as well as geographical areas.
Sustaining dev, curbing inequality major challenges
Sustaining the development that has taken place in Bangladesh in the past 14 years and curbing inequality are key major challenges facing the economy owing to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, said Planning Minister MA Mannan.
Fixing the learning gaps caused by Covid-19
The government has to invest in good education; a meagre two percent of the nation’s GDP is not going to create a "Smart Bangladesh."
The problem is not with coaching centres or ChatGPT. It's with our education system.
AI and edtech can be helpful for our students in an inclusive manner when the plans and programmes in this respect recognise the basic and long-standing weaknesses in the system.
NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.
‘New year, new curriculum’ cannot transform our school education
Throughout 2022, education authorities focused on returning to a “normal” routine, making minimal adjustments mostly in organising public examinations.
Spending All for Nothing
Education abroad does not always come with golden opportunities
News Analysis: An exam question to ignite bigotry
The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.
For a better future, we must empower our teachers
No education system can be better than its teachers.
HC forms committee for guideline to prevent plagiarism in thesis
The High Court today (August 14, 2022) formed a seven-member expert committee to formulate a guideline in order to prevent plagiarism in PhD thesis in all public universities across the country.
Of public schools and their woes
As the new fiscal year is set to begin, will the state of public schools remain unchanged?
No exams for students of class I-III from 2021
The government decides that the students of classes I, II and III will not have to sit for any examination from 2021 academic year.
HC asks govt to make law on education
The High Court directs the government to formulate a strategic law on education titled ‘Bangladesh Education Code’ in next one year.
532 colleges achieve 100pc pass rate
A total of 532 educational institutions achieve 100 percent pass in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations across the country.
Girls better than boys in 2017 HSC
Girls outshone boys across country in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results. A total of 70.43 percent girls passed the examinations whereas the boys’ pass rate is 67.61, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid while handing over the results of HSC and its equivalent examinations to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning.
Pass rate, GPA 5 lower this year
Total 68.91 percent students pass this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations across the country which is 5.79 percentage points lower than that of previous year.
HSC exams begin
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations for this year have begun. A total of 11,83,686 examinees from 8,864 educational institutions will take part in the examinations.