Category: School

Education Minister calls for further review of exam and evaluation system

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel on Thursday urged the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) to make recommendations to the policymakers for further review of the examination and evaluation system.

Ministry forms committee to review textbook story ‘Sharifar Golpo’

The education ministry today formed a five-member committee to review the story namely ‘Sharifar Golpo’, in the seventh grade history and social science textbook.

Education Minister addresses controversy over ‘Sharifa’s story’ in textbook

Bangladesh's Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel today (January 23, 2024) addressed the media regarding the ongoing controversy over a story featured in a textbook.

Primary, secondary schools can be shut if mercury dips below 10 degree Celsius

The government in directives today said that administrations can keep the primary and secondary schools shut if temperature of a district dips to 10 degrees Celsius or below of this

Two Gazipur schools set on fire

Miscreants, in separate incidents, set fire to two educational institutions in Gazipur city early today

Cumilla Education Board gets new chairman

Professor Dr Nizamul Karim was appointed chairman of the Cumilla Board of Secondary and Higher Education on Tuesday.

50.97 lakh students to get new textbooks in Rajshahi division

A total of 50,96,703 primary and secondary level students will get 3.95 crore new textbooks in all eight districts under Rajshahi division as distribution of books began here for the new year today with festive moods as elsewhere in the country.

Teacher show caused for campaigning

The election inquiry committee on Sunday issued a show cause notice to a government primary school teacher for participating in electioneering for a candidate in Pabna.

Class routine for class six to ten published

Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has released the class routine for class six to ten for the academic year 2024.

Govt primary school assistant teachers' written test result published

The results for the written examination of the government primary school assistant teachers' recruitment test-2023 (first phase) (Barisal, Sylhet, Rangpur Division) have been published.

77.2 pct of high school students in Japan secure job offers

A total of 77.2 percent of high school students in Japan who are scheduled to graduate next spring have received job offers by the end of October, a recent survey has found.

Second smart classroom inaugurated in Sylhet

Second smart classroom under "China Bangladesh Friendship Talent Development Project" installed at Sofir Uddin High School and College, Sylhet inaugurated on Sunday.

New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools

Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country's plummeting literacy rates.

Digital lottery held for govt, private secondary school admission

Digital lottery was held on Tuesday for admission to government and private secondary schools across the country. Education Minister Dipu Moni inaugurated the lottery programme at International Mother Language Institute at Segunbagicha as per he chief guest.

A Texas school where students bring their babies along

Seventeen-year-old Yavezi Alvarado wakes up early to get her backpack ready for school -- but she also has to prepare bottles for her one-year-old daughter, Kamila, who rides on the school bus with her.

Swedish minister declares free school a ‘system failure’

Sweden has declared a "system failure" in its free schools, prompting the largest revamp in three decades. The Swedish free schools, privately run institutions funded by public money, have long been celebrated internationally.

Egyptian 6th grader accelerates journey straight to univ

In an unprecedented move, the Egyptian Cabinet has chosen to catapult sixth-grade wonder Yahya Abdul Nasser Mohamed directly into university life, specifically at the esteemed Faculty of Science at Damietta University. This extraordinary leap bypasses conventional elementary and secondary education

Opposing new curriculum aimed at sustaining coaching business: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni asserted on Friday that the majority of those advocating for reforming or cancelling the new curriculum are individuals involved in the coaching business. She emphasised that the demands being put forth by these groups lack logical justification.

Guardians announce programme demanding cancellation - dainik shiksha

New Curriculum Guardians announce programme demanding cancellation

A group of guardians has declared a series of programmes demanding the cancellation of the new curriculum. They have scheduled a guardians' rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on November 24, urging the withdrawal of the new school curriculum. Leading up to the rally, they plan to organise