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Moral Learning: Looking beyond the present syllabi  

A. R. Farrukh Ahamed

‘Where is morality?’, if one asks, then nobody seems to hesitate to answer, it is nowhere now in Bangladesh. It has become now a million-dollar question as from the high ups of the country to the pious cleric, politicians, businessmen, bureaucrats, university teachers to poor schoolmasters; nobody is spared from the allegations of corruption. When talks about such moral degradation emerge in a city seminar or either in a village tea stall gossiping, usually it blames the education system of the country to be responsible for making more heinous minds among the educated ones. No wonder it makes when a news report reveals that a university teacher is accused of harassing his female student sexually, or...

US launches STEM education initiatives for women, girls

The US embassy here today launched a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education initiative for Bangladesh’s women and girls. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller inaugurated the “Strengthening U.S.-Bangladesh Sustainable Relationship by Developing Student-centered STEM Education” project at BRAC Inn in the capital. While inaugurating the project, Miller recognised the contributions of women to different sectors in Bangladesh and across the world, highlighting the importance of encouraging and supporting women and girls to pursue education and careers in STEM...

Robi, UGC sign MoU to facilitate online education for university students

University Grants Commission (UGC) has signed an MoU today with the country’s leading digital service provider, Robi. The agreement provides an affordable means for the University teachers and students of the country to conduct their educational activities online. Under the agreement, Robi will provide 30 GB data pack with 30 days validity at an affordable rate to any University willing to take up the facility. Robi’s Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Md. Adil Hossain and UGC’s Secretary, Dr. Ferdous Zaman signed the agreement on behalf of their res...

Eight Year Old Received State Recognition 

Time flies, as they say. And it flew pretty fast for me. It was already 8 in the morning, and my brother woke up, ready to do Math4Bronx with me. Our family forced our way through the crowded streets of Bronx, chalk in hand, amused at the crush of people, white and black, rid of any math and walking back to back. We scrawled equations over the green boards, our chalks grinding away at the roughness of the street boards, writes Soborno Isaac Bari.

I leapt out of bed as the clock hit 6. I scrabbled over the buttons on the camera, in a rush to start each lecture. Every lesson I gave, the passion in my heart grew, and the fire of it scorched my heart. Seminar after seminar, the ticks of the clock phased their way inside my head....

Viber making new school year more engaging, fun

Rakuten Viber, the leading messaging app for easy and secure communication, has introduced different enhancements to support teachers, parents, and students during the new school year. The Japanese-owned communications platform has just launched quiz mode in polls for group chats and communities worldwide, including Bangladesh.

The quiz mode will empower teachers to quickly check the level of understanding of the class regarding the recent studies in the respected community for each subject and many more. The quiz can be created in three simple steps – select a community or a group chat and click on the poll icon at the bottom of the screen. Then, in the pop-up, enable the quiz mode, add a question, possible answers,...

BSMRSTU master-roll employees start sit-in program

The muster-roll employees of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) held a sit-in program in front of the university administrative building on Monday seeking fulfillment of their two points demand.

Among the two demands one is the payment of their 13 months' due salary and another is making their job permanent. They started the sit-in program only a day after the new vice-chancellor Prof Dr. A.Q.M Mahbub joined. Sheikh Nahid, Bahadur Khan and Ripon gazi remarked about their dema...
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