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This year Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will not be held and candidates will be evaluated on their respective results in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations.Education Minister Dipu Moni made the discl...
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Holding online examinations or assessment in order to complete different semesters at private universities has become a complete mess as there are several jeopardies in the processincluding unfair means.Thus, experts have raised question over the process of online examinations at different private u...
Many lower income groups are faced with serious financial hardships, and are now not in a position to send their children back to educational institutions, whenever they reopen.These families will not send their children back to school due to poverty, and the long study break for the Covid-19 pandem...
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Students of country’s public universities will face prolonged session jam as they are still in the dark about reopening of their institutions, educationists fear.Educational institutions have remained closed since March 17. Some universities have just started online classes to minimize the los...
Crisis in education sector continues to deepen as the authorities concerned are yet to come up with any specific directives on reopening the institutions and holding examinations delayed by coronavirus pandemic.Everything depends on the development of coronavirus situation since the government fears...
The coronaviurs pandemic has cut down the operating cost of the educational institutions, which are now offering classes online, but they are still charging the students the same as they did before the crisis.Guardians of the students studying in private schools and colleges in the capital are deman...
The chairmen of all education boards will sit on Thursday (September 24) to come up with specific proposals on Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations and other issues delayed by coronavirus pandemic.“The board chairmen will meet on September 24 to discuss the HSC examin...
Twenty-seven private, and three public universities are without vice-chancellors (VCs), hampering academic and administrative activities of the institutions.Besides, currently, some 23 out of 46 public universities and 84 out of 107 private universities have no pro-vice chancellors, according to the...
Although the government introduced television and online school lessons to continue and also catch up with the lost days due to Covid-19 lockdown, it is facing difficulties in achieving daily full attendance.Currently only 17 percent of the total students attending public schools are attending onlin...
4354 instts enlisted under MPO scheme in one decade4000 more insttns to be enlisted soonThe government plans to further improve quality of education in schools by focusing on gradual improvement of livelihood of the teachers.The plan focuses on the quality of livelihood of teachers in order to impro...
The current enrollment rate of students in primary education has increased to 97.74 percent while the dropout rate reduced to 17.90 percent as various initiatives taken by the government.Despite unprecedented progress in primary education, about 2.26 percent children are still out of school due to p...
Different programmes undertaken by the government to address dropout problem and accrue the scope of learning are bearing fruits with an increasing literacy rate of 74.7 per cent at the moment. “The present literacy rate of the country has increased to 74.7 percent as a result of the rel...
Private universities in the country are not getting students for the ongoing semester amid the coronavirus pandemic.According to admission information from various universities, the coronavirus situation has led to a student crisis in all private universities except for a few, including North-South,...
The government plans to introduce technical education in all secondary schools, including madrasas by 2022 in order to upgrade quality of teaching and also achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni made this remark while addressing a virtual seminar titled, ‘...
Around 65,000 students, out of 13,42,693 eligible candidates, did not get opportunities of getting admission to their preferred choice of colleges. Apparently, such situation was faced by some 9,215 students who secured highest scores or grade point average (GPA-5), according to the recently pu...
Automated traffic signals in city’s most important and busiest intersections are lying idle for years despite the fact that it was installed around 15 years ago with a view to easing traffic congestion in the capital. Through the government has spent a huge amount of money for this proje...
The government is going to order all English medium schools to form managing committee to govern the institutions what officials said a bid to bring accountability and transparency.These institutions will also be instructed to disclose the statement of expenditure to the guardians.“Such moves ...
The government is formulating a 50-point guideline to reopen schools considering the overall safety of the students. Meanwhile, a decision on reopening of academic institutions would be made after August 25 (today), according to Secretary to Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Min...
The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has sent a proposal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requesting her to cancel the Primary Education Certificate (PEC) examinations this year.The summary of the recommendation was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Wednesday signed by the Stat...
The mosquito-borne dengue infection in the country has declined considerably this year following effective measures taken by the city corporations.Well designed and timely action on destroying mosquito breeding sites have contributed to such success in preventing transmission of dengue infection. In...
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