Children learning disaster preparedness in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is working to enhance children’s understanding of disaster preparedness with the introduction of 10 new supplementary books for teaching the subject, which has been part of the education curriculum in primary and secondary schools since 2004.
“With these books, students will be taught about disaster… [preparedness] by rhymes and stories, so that they can understand the risks,” Shafikur Rahman, chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), told IRIN.
[caption id="attachment_2756" align="alignleft" width="300"]
CUET IICT holds 1st Board meeting
Chittagong University of Engineering and Science (CUET) is going to be started a ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Information & Communication Technology’ course which is approved in the first meeting of the board of governors in the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) on Thursday, said in a press release.
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
The meeting was presided over by Prof. Md. Jahangir Alam, Vice-chancellor and president of the boards of governors while other members of the governing bodies were pre...
Glasgow nurse extends care to Bangladesh with prize-money donation
Christopher Sweeney, a Glasgow nurse has given away cash he'd been awarded for his top grades at Glasgow Caledonian University to help poor people in the Asian nation.
The nurse has shown his caring credentials by treating the sick in Bangladesh and donating cash to fund medical staff there.
Christopher Sweeney visited the country with a delegation of students from GlasgowCaledonianUniversity last year.
And he was touched by the humility of people needing health care that many Glasw...
And he was touched by the humility of people needing health care that many Glasw...
PSC, Ebtedayee mark brilliant success
The results of the Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee terminal examinations-2013 were published on Monday with 98.58 and 95.80 percent pass rates respectively.
A total of 2,40,961 examinees of PSC and 7,253 of Ebtedayee secured highest grade point average GPA-5 this year.
A total of 29,61,237 students– 14, 36, 253 boys and 15, 48, 984 girls–sat for the PSC and Ebtedayee examinations, where 27, 45, 614 came out successful.
A total of 24, 83,142 (98.58 percent) students out of ...
A total of 29,61,237 students– 14, 36, 253 boys and 15, 48, 984 girls–sat for the PSC and Ebtedayee examinations, where 27, 45, 614 came out successful.
A total of 24, 83,142 (98.58 percent) students out of ...
JSC, JDC mark 89.94pc pass
The results of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dhakhil Certificate examinations were published on Sunday with 89.94 percent pass.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence, Ganabhaban, at about 10:00 am.
Sheikh Hasina then formally published the results, reports UNB.
Students will get their results after the Education Minister’s press briefing at around 1 pm at the ministry.
A total of 172,208 ...
Students will get their results after the Education Minister’s press briefing at around 1 pm at the ministry.
A total of 172,208 ...
Int’l conference on Globalization held at BRAC University
Economics and Social Sciences (ESS) Department of BRAC University organized a day-long conference on “Globalization and Trade: Prospects and Challenges for South Asia” on Friday.
The conference brought together some of the active researchers in the field from universities, think-tank institutes, and policy makers to brainstorm trade policy issues and challenges from globalization to regional economies. Shamim Shakur from MasseyUniversity in New Zealand, currently Visiting Professor of Economics, and Farzana Munshi, Associate Professor, both from ESS at BRACUniversity led proceedings of day as conference conveners.
<...
