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

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

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.

October 5, 2022
October 5, 2022

For a better future, we must empower our teachers

No education system can be better than its teachers.

August 14, 2022
August 14, 2022

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.

June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022

Of public schools and their woes

As the new fiscal year is set to begin, will the state of public schools remain unchanged?

September 5, 2019
September 5, 2019

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.

August 2, 2017
August 2, 2017

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.

July 23, 2017
July 23, 2017

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.

July 23, 2017
July 23, 2017

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.

July 23, 2017
July 23, 2017

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.

April 2, 2017
April 2, 2017

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.

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