Letters to the Editor

Self-assessment skills of students

Self-assessment is an important skill to learn so that students can themselves assess their academic work and performance. A lot of research has been done on students' self-assessment skills and it has been found that high-achieving students tend to underestimate their ability while low-achieving students overestimate their ability. The teachers must guide students on how to develop self-assessment skills, individually and in groups. Self-assessment can help a student discover her/his limitations in dealing with course requirements and drives her/him to go for appropriate measures to improve work and performance. 

Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System
SAU, Dhaka

Education minister's good gesture

Recently Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with an official statement along with an apology after the college admission for the academic session 2015-2016 went into disarray. It may be mentioned that this year the government has initiated online admission system to all colleges. It has also decided that the education boards would publish a list of the students, specifying the colleges where they are to be enrolled. But unfortunately, the authorities concerned did not take proper preparations to make this massive mission a success. As a result, the entire system turned out to be a nightmare for more than 11 lakh applicants and their parents.
    However, the education minister said, “This year's admission process was new and it involved a huge task. The students faced some problems and I am sorry for that. Please see the matter with a forgiving heart.” We thank the education minister for his good gesture. We also suggest that the same system should be introduced for school admissions as well.

Mobarak Ali
Gopibagh, Dhaka