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Dismal Picture of Secondary Education: 37pc teachers rely on ‘guidebooks’

About 55 percent of English and mathematics teachers in secondary schools have not been trained specifically to teach the two key subjects. This has been affecting the quality of education.

ACC probes illegal guidebook trade

The Anti-Corruption Commission begins an investigation against the publishers who are illegally selling notebooks and guidebooks for primary- and secondary-level students.

Secondary Education / Overhaul is the answer

Secondary school students are increasingly turning to guidebooks and private tuition due to heavy curriculum and complex textbooks, say leading academics and educationists. The question papers of public examinations at secondary level are faulty and of low standard, they said at a view-exchange meeting yesterday.

News Analysis / Too eager to get new laws

It is easier to make a new law than the enforcement and modification of an existing one. The proposed legislation on education is the latest glaring example of this popular saying in our country.

October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019

Dismal Picture of Secondary Education: 37pc teachers rely on ‘guidebooks’

About 55 percent of English and mathematics teachers in secondary schools have not been trained specifically to teach the two key subjects. This has been affecting the quality of education.

December 27, 2017
December 27, 2017

ACC probes illegal guidebook trade

The Anti-Corruption Commission begins an investigation against the publishers who are illegally selling notebooks and guidebooks for primary- and secondary-level students.

May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016

Overhaul is the answer

Secondary school students are increasingly turning to guidebooks and private tuition due to heavy curriculum and complex textbooks, say leading academics and educationists. The question papers of public examinations at secondary level are faulty and of low standard, they said at a view-exchange meeting yesterday.

April 10, 2016
April 10, 2016

Too eager to get new laws

It is easier to make a new law than the enforcement and modification of an existing one. The proposed legislation on education is the latest glaring example of this popular saying in our country.