primary education

Whom does education serve in Bangladesh?

To serve the purpose of education, meeting the parents' demands through focusing on learning outcomes and reforming the education system are the need of the hour.

Educating education / The key changes needed in the education sector

The new norm for education should be people before profit, not the other way around.

Don’t neglect primary education

Government has to look into the decline of students

Reimagining primary and compulsory education in Bangladesh

It is believed that education, in the midst of global advances and challenges, remains the critical vehicle of empowerment.

Govt again moves to extend primary education up to class-VIII

The government has made a fresh move to extend primary education up to class-VIII, six years after missing the original deadline set in the National Education Policy.

The statistics that hide our poor education system

The enchantment of statistics should not blind us to the sobering truth.

Over 18,000 non-govt primary schools close doors in 2 years

At least 18,465 non-government primary schools closed their doors for good in 2021 and 2022 due to what officials said were the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

Dhaka’s uninspiring govt primary schools

The government aims to build a “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041, but without fixing our faulty public education system, how far can it achieve this goal? The human resources for Bangladesh’s future are being short-changed at the primary education level,  finds The Daily Star through visits to several schools right in the heart of the capital.

Quality training crucial for primary school teachers

Teachers teach students from pre-primary to primary levels without having much pedagogical training. But this period is the most important of one’s entire education life

October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024

Whom does education serve in Bangladesh?

To serve the purpose of education, meeting the parents' demands through focusing on learning outcomes and reforming the education system are the need of the hour.

September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024

The key changes needed in the education sector

The new norm for education should be people before profit, not the other way around.

June 22, 2024
June 22, 2024

Don’t neglect primary education

Government has to look into the decline of students

May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024

Reimagining primary and compulsory education in Bangladesh

It is believed that education, in the midst of global advances and challenges, remains the critical vehicle of empowerment.

May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024

Govt again moves to extend primary education up to class-VIII

The government has made a fresh move to extend primary education up to class-VIII, six years after missing the original deadline set in the National Education Policy.

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023

The statistics that hide our poor education system

The enchantment of statistics should not blind us to the sobering truth.

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

Over 18,000 non-govt primary schools close doors in 2 years

At least 18,465 non-government primary schools closed their doors for good in 2021 and 2022 due to what officials said were the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic.

February 11, 2023
February 11, 2023

Dhaka’s uninspiring govt primary schools

The government aims to build a “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041, but without fixing our faulty public education system, how far can it achieve this goal? The human resources for Bangladesh’s future are being short-changed at the primary education level,  finds The Daily Star through visits to several schools right in the heart of the capital.

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

Quality training crucial for primary school teachers

Teachers teach students from pre-primary to primary levels without having much pedagogical training. But this period is the most important of one’s entire education life

December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019

Primary Education Quality: Long way to go

More than half of primary schoolkids do not have the expected level of competence in mathematics and Bangla, reveals a new government assessment, raising questions about the quality of the country’s primary education.