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‘Education for all’ policy needs strong local govt footing

A.R. Farrukh Ahamed

Bangladesh has a long history of maintaining a routine form of local government even before its inception in 1971. As a sovereign, it has also continued the system with a more legal format under its constitution. However, the legacy of local government, which was mainly inherited from the colonial British rule, still does not have any effective impact on education management system of Bangladesh. Rather, the role of the local government remains a far cry in developing a local education management system with bdreports... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Turning to education for fun

In a 2013 episode of “60 Minutes,” Charlie Rose visits Bill Gates’s office to get a sense of where the billionaire philanthropist draws intellectual inspiration. First, Mr. Gates shows Mr. Rose the Codex Leicester, a 500-year-old Leonardo da Vinci manuscript that Mr. Gates bought in 1994 for $30 million. educationThen, with just as much as enthusiasm and nearly as much reverence, Mr. Gates leads Mr. Rose to a bookcase filled with DVDs from the Great Courses. As the camera pans across various titles, Mr. Rose notes that Mr. Gates, a Harvard ...

Primary scholarships announced

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman announced the list of scholarship recipients at a press conference at his ministry’s conference room in the secretariat this afternoon.A total of 54,481 students got scholarships in the primary terminal examinations 2014. primary examsThe scholarships were given in two categories—talent pool and general—on the basis of highest marks in the examinations held in November last year. Of the total scholarships, 21,983 students were selected for talent pool scholarships while 32,498...

Women ahead in medical education

Despite all odds in society and lagging of women behind men in many sectors, the country’s girls are going ahead of the male counterparts in the medical education, suggest the recent trends. The current ratio of women in higher education is 33 percent, but the female students in the two top government medical colleges have outnumbered the boys in the past three years, reports Prothom Alo. Blood pressure measuring studio shotOn average 57 percent of the students enrolled with the Dhaka Medical College (DMC) in the previous three years is female, off...

The ways to improve education worldwide

Standing before a poster of Albert Einstein with his quote on how the value of education is “not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” a young girl with glasses and a yellow Kids Genius apron proudly presents a small figure made of wood. educationKids Genius exposes children to industrial skills and empowers them to explore their creativity through science workshops that emphasize hands-on learning. Its founder, Sabine Kai, founded the nongovernmental organization in her home country of Lebanon, drawing on all t...

Avoid these 20 English words when in other countries

If you travel abroad frequently for work, or if you have an e-commerce store with customers from all over the world, it’s worth noting that there are a number of English words that, phonetically, don’t work in other countries and can lead to double entendre or unintended offence territory. Here are 20 of them to help you ensure that your communication isn’t lost in translation. educationSee also: 9 Words or Phrases Millennials Should Avoid Using in the Workplace France Preservative. Avoid asking about preservatives in France; you’ll pr...
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