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Activities of 5 medical colleges suspended
One lost approval Staff Correspondent: Activities of five medical colleges have been suspended and approval of one medical college has been revoked for not conducting quality education as per law and policy.Health Minister Zahid Maleque came up with the information at parliament yesterday in reply to a tabled question from…
Read More »Govt hajj package: Pilgrims to pay Tk 2.21 lakh more this year
Bangladesh pilgrims will have to spend a minimum of Tk 6.83 lakh to perform hajj under government management this year– around 2.21 lakh more than the previous year. Meanwhile pilgrims under private hajj management will have to spend a minimum Tk 6.57 lakh, around Tk 2 lakh more than 2022. Apart from…
Read More »A turbulent year of education ends with hopes of bridging learning gap
Outgoing 2022 Industry Desk: The education sector in Bangladesh had been riding out the headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic when it encountered another setback as devastating floods swept through the country’s northern region in 2022. Under these circumstances, students across the country and the education authorities face an uphill task…
Read More »Uncertainty looms over timely distribution
of textbooksPrinting is going on at a snail’s pace NCTB and printing press owners said not a single copy of books for Class-I and Class-II has yet been printed in any press Industry Desk: With barely three weeks left to the new academic year, work on printing textbooks is going on…
Read More »ADB to invest $2b in BD edu sector
Diplomatic Correspondent: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa has told Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni that ADB will invest 2 billion dollars in the next 3 years in Bangladesh’s education sector.Dr. Dipu Moni held a meeting with Masatsugu Asakawa on friday at the ADB office. During the meeting, the…
Read More »Quality of education has not increased in 50-yrs
Mahfuja Mukul: A lot of progress has been made in education in the 50 years since independence. Literacy rate has increased, school enrollment of 100% students across the country has been ensured. The number of schools-colleges, madrasas-technical and public-private universities has increased. At present, around four crore students are studying…
Read More »60,000 teacher posts vacant in country
Education seriously hampered Mahfuja Mukul: It is concerned that more than 60,000 vacancies have been found at the school and school-2 (junior secondary, secondary, secondary and technical) and college levels. The list of general schools will be sent to the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, the list of technical…
Read More »Result-based skill training of industrial workers focused
Industry Desk: The government is undertaking a more result-based training project to ensure updated skills of the industrial workers so they can sustain in the competitive market, according to an official document.This has been inspired by the success of Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) project considering the challenges of…
Read More »ICT & Digital Tech to rule in new-look education system
Staff Correspondent: The government is giving priority in ICT, digital technology and research as it seeks to modernize the country’s education system and get optimum output, according to an official document.The Innovation Team of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education is working to ensure maximum utilisation of ICT and…
Read More »Literacy rate in BD 74.66 pc
Staff Correspondent: The literacy rate in the country has risen to 74.66 per cent from 51.77 per cent in 2011.The sixth Population and Housing Census report conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) unveiled this yesterday.According to the report, literacy rate of men is 76.56 per cent and women is…
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