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ROTA’s Ramadan Project to renovate Bangladesh school

Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) will renovate Bangladesh MHM School in Abu Hamour as part of its Eighth Annual Ramadan Project called ‘Sharing Blessings’, officials announced here Wednesday. rotaSpeaking at media conference held at Qatar Foundation today, ROTA Acting Executive Director Mohamed Al Naama said, “We are engaging ROTA volunteers during the holy month of Ramadan to share their blessings with people in need in our community.” ROTA’s Ramadan 2014 Project aims to provide opportunities for volunteering and raise awareness on its values and the conc...

Rural-urban disparity: Quality questioned despite high pass rate

Urban-rural disparity continues to persist in the education system, according to results of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations published on Saturday, while the ministry keeps brushing aside such observations. Educationists and education campaigners said that the disparity continued as urban students could have coaching, private tuition and better guidance. Guardians in urban areas also spend more on students than guaridans in rural areas do. The combined pass rate in this year’s exams is 91.34 but the competence and the quality of education of successful students could be questioned, educationists said.

Record 91.34pc pass in SSC        

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have broken all records with 91.34 percent success rate, which is 2.31 percentage points higher than that of last year. As many as 1,42,276 students secured the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) this year, which was 91,226 in the previous year. In eight education boards, 92.67 percent passed this year while it was 89.72 percent in 2013. Total 93.94 percent students passed the exams under Dhaka board, 91.40 percent in Chittagong, 89.92 percent in Comilla, 96.34 in Rajshahi, 90.66 percent in Barisal, 89.23 percent in Sylhet, 93.26 percent in Dinajpur and 92.19 in Jessore.

BRACU holds seminar on Positive Parenting Skills  

To promote and convey the importance of Positive Parenting Skills, BRAC University Counseling Unit organized a seminar on “Positive Parenting Skills” with the parents of students of BRAC University on Saturday, (May 03, 2014) at the university auditorium. The objectives of the seminar were to help parents to develop, skills related to positive parenting, identify the characteristics of adolescent period, explain types of parenting, find out the characteristics of successful parents,  explore the relationship with children, and finally to understand self-ability in relation to parenting skills. The seminar covered contents like characteristics of adolescent period,  transitional crisis faced by adolescence, different types of parenting styles and characteristics’ of successful parents...

Turkish school student becomes first in world math exam      

Ragib Mostafa, a Turkish school student in Bangladesh, has become first in world math exam. Mostafa, who was up against nine million students from 110 nations, became first in Edexcel IGCSE exam. Mostafa is a 10th grade student from Bangladesh's International Hope Turkish School and he received his award from Bangladesh's London ambassador. British Council Bangladesh Director Brendan McSherry said Turkish schools in the populous nation are one of the best international schools in the country. "They got the best results in this exam," McSherry said, according to a quote provided by private Cihan news agency.

Bangladesh Studies at California University

For management efficiency expert Subir Chowdhury, his gift of $1 million to establish the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California at Berkeley will help remove a blind spot in South Asian studies in the U.S. by focusing cutting-edge research on modern Bangladesh. “Bangladesh has a population that is about half of the U.S., and it has produced the best talent, people who are making a huge contribution to America,” he told India-West at the South Asian studies offices on the U.C. Berkeley campus here. subir chowdh... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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