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Launching a club at your school
With a bit of planning and initiative, it is possible to start a club in your school.
New curriculum is detached from reality
It is surprising how the government has reacted, as this could have been an opportunity for them to use stakeholders' inputs and improve the curriculum further
How to dress your kids for school in this cold wave
It’s a cold wave and it will pass, but until then, parents know full well what havoc it can wreak on the lives of young kids. The weak sun and the still, unhealthy air can cause blocked sinuses, congested chests, and runny noses. Come the school season, parents are concerned about the frigid morning temperatures and how to keep children as warm as possible.
The whoas and woes of bunking classes ...
The feeling of freedom that comes with not having to sit through classes where time passes at half the speed.
The way to a productive gap year
Taking a gap year is a decision that’s far from simple. An unconventional route after wrapping up high school, a gap year can prove to be a major turning point in your education and career.
The alternatives to coaching in A levels
For most A level students in Dhaka, attending coaching classes is an immutable part of day-to-day life.
Five presentation tips for school students
Making a presentation, especially when you’re a school student, can be a daunting experience, and without proper guidance, you can easily find yourself in a tricky situation.
Embracing holistic early learning for a smooth educational transition
For every child, early moments matter. When life begins, more than one million neural connections are formed each second – a pace never repeated. The brain grows with environment, experience, and surrounding people. This is why the early years of childhood come with both opportunities and risks.
How necessary is it to teach programming in schools?
Starting programming while at school would grant early learners an edge over others, giving them the chance to either excel at it or learn the basic skills so that they can use it going forward.
All that’s wrong with the national school curriculum
The shortcomings in our National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) are many.
Our schools deserve better leadership
While authorised political activities among school students doesn’t exist, we're aware its going on in the background
Adapting students from diverse academic backgrounds
Helping first year students from diverse academic backgrounds adapt is a challenge for universities.
Of public schools and their woes
As the new fiscal year is set to begin, will the state of public schools remain unchanged?
Bangladeshi entrepreneur opens first of its kind agricultural school in Maldives
Bangladeshi entrepreneur Ahmed Mottaki has founded the first of its kind “School of Agriculture” at MI College, an international-level educational institution in the Maldives.
Making a case for the quiet kid in class
Itroverts too can socialise, but within certain limits.
Chapters on Mughals, Islamic empires removed from classes 11, 12 syllabi in India
India’s Central Board of Secondary Education has removed chapters on the Non-Aligned Movement, the Cold War era, the rise of Islamic empires in Afro-Asian territories, chronicles of Mughal courts and the industrial revolution from the history and political science syllabi of classes 11 and 12.
Dhaka needs a city school bus service, now!
Benefits of a school bus system can only be realised via proper implementation.
Why are we back to online classes?
Teacher-student interaction is not the same through our screens.
What if we had a four-day school week?
It's definitely an approach worth considering.
