Teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged sit-in program and works abstention on Monday for two-hour long in front of Human and Arts Building demanding reform in the eight national proposed pay-scales what the teachers said is ‘discriminatory’ for them.
Under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar University Teacher’s Association’, a good number of demonstrating teachers from different departments gathered at a protesting program, a part of countrywide program of Bangladesh University Teachers Association Federation.
The teachers dema...
The results of the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations were published across the country on Saturday, showing a success rate of 87.04 percent.
A total of 12, 82, 618 students, out of the total 1,473,594, came out successful in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations while 1,11,901, students achieved the grade point average (GPA)-5, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the results to prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban around 10:10am.
The overall pass rate of the eight general education boards is 86.72 percent, while the rates are 90.02 percent in Madrasah Board and 83.01 percent in the Technical Board.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid was scheduled to formally announ...
According to society and everything else going on in the world, I am not who I say I am. I am not an innocent girl who walks around not hurting the world. Because of violence, from the Boston Marathon bombings to the almost bomb that went off in New York by a Bangladeshi boy, I am apparently the “child” of the terrorists who did these acts. I am getting judged and misread by all the stereotypes in the world going on about my religion.
I am Muslim and I am not going to hide that because of everybody else’s perspective about what it means to be a Muslim. A couple of people screwed up and showed a lot of shame to their religion, but that certainly does not mean that the religion was the one who had done that act.
Social media has a big effect on how Muslims are shown. Muslims are sho...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $120 million loan in additional funding for a 6-year government-led program to improve the quality and reach of primary education in Bangladesh.
The loan will be complemented by cofinancing from the European Union, the Global Partnership for Education, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Bank. The Government of Bangladesh will provide the remaining $1.7 billion for the country’s $9.8 billion Third Primary Education Development Program, launched in 2011.
ADB’s original financing was a $320 million loan, and it agreed in 2011 to make more funds available if implementation was successful. This was confirmed by a joint midterm review by the Government of Bangladesh and its development partners completed in September 2014, w...
Poor education quality has ‘serious consequences’ for ending extreme poverty, says the World Bank ahead of World Education Forum 2015.
In 2015, WB president Jim Yong Kim notes, the poorest children have just a slim chance of finishing primary school in many countries.
“Most education systems are not serving the poorest children well. An estimated 250 million children cannot read or write-even though many have attended school for years. This is a tragedy and has serious consequences for ending extreme poverty,” he observes.
Against this backdrop, the global agency announced that it will double results-based financing for education to US$5 billion over the next five years.
A WB news release said on Tuesday that the new financing is part of the Bank Group’s commitment to end ex...
Children in Sylhet are deprived of games and recreation facilities due to lack of sufficient playgrounds and open spaces.
Just a few years ago, the kids in the neighbourhoods were used to be seen playing cricket, football or gollachhut in the afternoon as the city had many open spaces and playgrounds.
However, the spaces began to shrink with the onslaught of unplanned urbanisation.
Now, children in the city are either seen playing in garages and narrow lanes or addicted to gadgets like computers and smartphones.
Losing approximately 39 open playgrounds since 2002, Sylhet city has only around 15 playing fields now. Of which 13 are located in educational institutions.
According to Sylhet City Corporation (SCC), the city houses playgrounds at Upashahar, Baluchar, Pathantola,...
Under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar University Teacher’s Association’, a good number of demonstrating teachers from different departments gathered at a protesting program, a part of countrywide program of Bangladesh University Teachers Association Federation.
The teachers dema...
