Bangladesh education

EDUCATING EDUCATION / The true purpose of education

We need to fix our education system so that it mitigates socioeconomic differences, rather than reproducing it.

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.

June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025

The true purpose of education

We need to fix our education system so that it mitigates socioeconomic differences, rather than reproducing it.

December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023

The perils of our English education

The problem of students underperforming in English is perennial.

August 31, 2023
August 31, 2023

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.

August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023

National assessment of students give ominous signals

What is most telling is the discrepancy in academic performance across divisions as well as geographical areas.

May 29, 2023
May 29, 2023

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.

May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023

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."

May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023

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.

January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023

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.

December 28, 2022
December 28, 2022

‘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.

November 19, 2022
November 19, 2022

Spending All for Nothing

Education abroad does not always come with golden opportunities