Indigenous leaders want primary edn in mother tongues
February 20, 2010
Indigenous leaders have called on the government to start primary-level education in their mother languages and demanded an announcement by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this connection on International Mother Language Day.
The leaders placed the demand while they were being interviewed by this correspondent yesterday regarding their expectations on the occasion of this year’s Ekushey February.
Education officer suspended over textbook irregularities
January 20, 2010
Dhaka District Education Officer Ruhul Amin Khan was suspended on Wednesday on charge of irregularities in textbook distribution.
The government suspended him following his alleged involvement with the irregularities in the textbook distribution, Senior Information Officer of the education ministry Shubodh Chandra Dhali told The Daily Star.
Source: thedailystar.net
SSC exams now begin Feb 11
January 11, 2010
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations will start on February 11 instead of February 1 due to the 11th South Asian Games.
The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting led by Education Secretary Syed Ataur Rahman at education ministry on Monday.
PM to award top students of pry terminal exam
December 23, 2009
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over awards to the three students who secured top positions in the new primary education terminal examination, an official of the primary and mass education ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry published the results on Tuesday with overall pass rate at 88.84 percent.
Unitrack primary education curriculum on cards
December 13, 2009
The government has launched an initiative to move over to a unitrack curriculum for primary education amalgamating curriculums of primary schools, kindergartens and madrasas.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it on Monday at the second ministerial meeting of the South Asian Education for All Forum at Sonargaon Hotel in city on Sunday.
2 million primary school children sit new exams
November 21, 2009
Two million children countrywide began taking primary level exams under a new system Saturday.
The Class 5 students were sitting the newly introduced Primary Education Terminal Examinations, in the biggest round of public exams in the country.
School bus to be introduced to ease traffic jam
November 11, 2009
The Education Ministry and school and college authorities in the capital agreed to introduce bus service for students of certain schools in a bid to ease traffic jam on the city streets, reports UNB.
IT education to be compulsory at secondary level by 2013: Azad
November 8, 2009
Reiterating the present government’s commitment to building Digital Bangladesh, Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Saturday said that IT education would be made compulsory at secondary level by 2013, reports BSS.
Building moral characters through education
November 1, 2009
IT is of greater significance to note that education’s goal should be to enlighten an individual. It can play a pivotal role in sharpening the intellect and refining the sensibility. Generally we can notice two contrasting behavioral patterns in an individual, one rational and another irrational. Environmental factors in developing one’s mental, emotional and psychological health bear special significance. Having been confronted with numerous odds and adverse circumstances, optimum utilisation of one’s hidden potentials are greatly obstructed.
Cisco sees education link vital to digital era in Bangladesh
October 31, 2009
Connectivity in education is key to Bangladesh stepping into the digital era, says a top regional official of Cisco Systems, a leading global supplier of networking equipment and network management, reports bdnews24.com.
In an exclusive interview with the news agency, Amit Malik, vice president for Eastern India and the SAARC region, said the country needed an ‘inclusive growth’-focused objective for going fully digital.