Prof Dr Golam Shabbir Sattar has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU), three months after the tenure of his predecessor Prof M Abdus Sobhan expired.

A platform of students, teachers, and guardians yesterday demanded all educational institutes be reopened in September instead of October.

A human chain at Jatiya Press Club demanded reopening all educational institutions from September.

Muhammad Afjal Sultan Sufi is one of the nineteen Bangladeshi changemakers to receive the 2021 Diana Award. He founded Doorbin Foundation when he was just 19 years old, with a goal to help those in need.

All public and private universities will start in-person classes from October 15, after all students have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, a meeting of the ministries and stakeholders concerned decided yesterday.

The government has extended the closure of all secondary and higher secondary schools till September 11 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a press release of education ministry.

Universities can reopen from October 15 after vaccinating all their students and teachers.

The government, following a study, has primarily estimated that it will need at least $90 million to implement a recovery plan for an education sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday finalised a draft  policy on hybrid learning for the universities. Hybrid learning will combine different media or instructional methods, including in-person and online learning, an UGC official said.

The University Grants Commission today finalised a draft of policy on hybrid learning for universities.

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka today extended the period for filling up online forms of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination 2021.

Dhaka University is going to reopen its dormitories for the resident students of master’s and honours final year in the first week of October, as the government moves to reopen educational institutions in phases.

The first day of school is a landmark moment for the youngest students and their parents. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is being delayed for around 40 lakh children of Bangladesh for the last one-and-a-half years, Unicef said yesterday.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni today said government will reopen educational institutions soon if the Covid-19 infection rate falls further.

The government has asked the authorities of primary and secondary schools to ensure campuses are clean for the eventual reopening of educational institutions after the prolonged closure due to Covid-19 pandemic.

University Teachers’ Network today announced they will hold symbolic classes in open spaces if the authorities do not reopen universities from first week of September.

Prolonged closure of educational institutions throughout the pandemic has affected over 40 million Bangladeshi students from pre-primary to higher education level, Unicef said in a new analysis released just as summer break is coming to an end in many parts of the world.

Kofi Owusu occasionally waits outside the U.S. embassy in Accra to ask fellow students what they have done to secure a timely visa appointment.

Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar, former IT head of a multinational company, started Gurukul Online Learning Network with a dream to minimize the quality gap between education available to city and rural students.

Many parents of Aga Khan School are anxious about the future of their children, as authorities concerned will close down the school and establish a new institute, which will reportedly charge more and restrict the option of choosing curriculums.