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Govt to distribute 36.03cr textbooks in 2017

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today said the government would provide 36,03,18,979 textbooks free of cost among the students in the next academic calendar. The minister came up with this announcement at a view exchange meeting on textbook printing for 2017 at National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) auditorium. nahidBesides, the government will also distribute pre-primary textbook of five ethnic minorities in their mother tongues and teaching manual for the teacher for the first time in the country. “We are wor...

Qatar Charity finishes Bangladesh projects

Qatar Charity (QC) has completed development projects to provide basic services and livelihoods to the needy in Datyabara in Bangladesh. The projects included establishing a school for preparatory and secondary students, a health centre, a mosque, a centre for reciting the Holy Quran, a home for social care, and surface water wells. Agricultural lands were also distributed to 30 needy families under an income generation programme. More than 5,000 people are benefiting. [caption id="attachment_23323" align="alignleft" width="540"]QC Students ...

New results on how to delay child marriage

While growing up in Bangladesh, my grandmother was married at the age of 14. My mother was wed at 16 years old. Today, 2 out of 3 girls in the country are married as children — Asia’s top rate and the world’s fourth highest. Many become mothers while they themselves are still children. And yet, I’ve never been more optimistic about the future for Bangladeshi girls and their communities. When I was a teenager in Dhaka in the 1970s, women had an average of seven children each, extreme poverty was endemic and women had far fewer rights and opportunities than men. You were lucky if you lived past 50 years old. But deep investments in

Pearson, TÜV SÜD expand English exams portfolio in BD

The Academy division of TÜV SÜD, the German consultancy, testing and certification giant and Pearson have announced the expansion of their PTE (Pearson Test of English) Academic exam model. PTE Academic is the world’s world's leading computer-based test of English for study abroad and immigration. The test module of PTE Academic can be availed by aspiring students applying to international universities or for a UK or Australian visa that requires proof of their English proficiency. PTE Academic allows an applicant to schedule tests as quickly as twenty-four hours in advance, sit a single three-hour test session and receive results within five business days. The reading,

82,500 students get primary scholarships

Eighty-two thousand and five hundred students got scholarship in Primary School Terminal Examinations- 2015. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman formally published the results at a press conference at the conference room of the ministry today. studentsPrimary and Mass Education Ministry Secretary M. Humayun Khalid and senior officials concerned were present at the press conference. The results are available on the website www.dpe.gov.bd. The minister said the amount of starship money has been inc...

Robi education platform 10 Minute School

As part of Robi’s Corporate Responsibility (CR) initiative, Robi has extended its support towards 10 Minute School – an online platform that offers comprehensive study solutions anywhere, anytime “free of cost” for JSC, SSC and HSC students, university admission seekers, and university students. www.10minuteschool.com offers admission guidance and model test options for all leading public and private universities in Bangladesh, thus reducing dependency on expensive Print un...
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