Success in SSC will not ensure berth in HSC
May 28, 2009
A serious crisis is likely to creep up over the admission of the students, who have passed the SSC examination under eight education boards this year, to higher secondary educational institutions due to shortage of seats in colleges. According to the results published on Tuesday, a total of 5, 37, 878 students passed the SSC examination with at least GPA 1 while the number of the seats in the colleges is 4, 64, 000. Thus the number of successful students this year exceeds the seats by 73, 878. Read more
National Bank gives scholarship and award to talented students
May 19, 2009
National Bank Limited organized a function to distribute Scholarship, Certificate of appreciation and Crest among the Scholar Awards of the Employees of the Bank under NBL Employees Welfare Scheme at Bangladesh-China Friendship Center, Share-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka recently. Total 85 students who secured outstanding result in the SSC and HSC examinations held in 2008 had been awarded with scholarship. Read more
CRP students demonstrate for exams results
April 20, 2009
Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) students this morning locked the classrooms and demonstrated outside the campus demanding immediate publications of their examinations results. As of filing the report at 11:00am, the demonstrators were still sitting at the campus hall room to press home their demand, reports our Jahangirnagar University (JU) correspondent. In reply to a query, some students said if their results were not published immediately, they would not come back to the class. Read more
Barisal Medical College shut indefinitely
April 18, 2009
Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) was closed indefinitely on Thursday night following clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The SBMC academic council after an emergency meeting asked the students of all five hostels to vacate the dormitories by yesterday morning and postponed all examinations until further notice. Sources said the two BCL factions — one led by SBMC unit BCL president Abu Jafar and the other by BCL leader and Intern Doctors’ Association president Ramiz Ahmed and BCL leader S M Sayem clashed on the campus at about 9:00pm Thursday night. Read more
HSC exams begin with record low expulsion
April 17, 2009
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent Alim and HSC in Business Management examinations under 10 education boards begin throughout the country with a record less incidents of unfair means on the first day. Education Ministry sources said, some 45 examinees were expelled on the first day of examinations across the country. Among them, 4 students were expelled under Dhaka Board, 5 students under Rajshahi Board, 1 under Comilla, 6 under Jessore, 4 under Chittagong, 9 under Barisal, 4 under Dinajpur Board, 1 under Madrasah and 11 under Technical Education Board. There were no reports of expulsion under Sylhet Education Board. Four invigilators were expelled under Dhaka Board. Read more
HSC, equivalent exams begin
April 16, 2009
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations began across the country today with a total of 618,308 candidates from 7,237 educational institutions registered for the examinations. The HSC and HSC-equivalent exams are being held in 1919 centers under eight general education boards, one technical and one Madrasha education boards. The highest 153,398 students appeared at the examination from Dhaka Board while the lowest 18,340 from Sylhet Board. A total of 59,354 examinees are sitting for the examination under Madrasha Board while 64,121 from Technical Education Board. Read more
Dhaka Medical College reopens
April 12, 2009
Dhaka Medical College resumed its academic activities on Saturday after a 10-day closure centring on a clash between two factions of the college unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, in which the unit’s general secretary was killed on March 31. Most residential students reached the hostels, which were re-opened on Friday, and attended classes and examinations, said the college principal, Professor Quazi Deen Mohammad. He said, ‘I hope medical students will not go for a further political chaos which may hamper their academic activities and they should concentrate on their studies.’
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Rajshahi College, University & medical college also closed
March 18, 2009
Authorities indefinitely closed Rajshahi College and Rajshahi Medical College Friday shortly after mayhem at Rajshahi University. The decisions came from separate emergency meetings of the two colleges’ academic councils to “avoid any untoward incidents on the campuses”. Female students were ordered to vacate the hostels by 10am on Saturday, and male students by 5pm Friday. “Tension surfaced on Rajshahi College campus and its residential halls just after clashes at Rajshahi University,” principal professor Ali Reza Mohammad Abdul Majid told bdnews24.com. Read more
Will we ever let education serve its cause?
March 11, 2009
Every time I encroach upon the private spheres of the students which they let me willingly do I end up gleaning many stories of a discordant note sandwiched between the natural proclivities and chosen or forced pursuing. And every time I can’t help but cringe at the sheer number of students evincing zilch keenness in what they perceive to be a launch pad for their careers. Read more
Khulna Medical College closed after clashes
January 11, 2009
Authorities on Friday closed Khulna Medical College for indefinite period and asked the students to vacate the hostels by Saturday morning. “Following a clash on the campus, the college’s academic council took the decision for indefinite closure and directed the students to leave the hostels by 8:00am on Saturday,” the college’s principal Prof Abu Bakar told bdnews24.com. The clash between Awami League-backed student body Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jamaat-e-Islami’s student front Islami Chhatra Shibir erupted at Hostel-1 at around 10:00pm, Prof Bakar said.
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