School, College Reopening: Delhi issues guidelines

Delhi Disaster Management Authorities yesterday announced guidelines including setting up of quarantine room for emergency use and staggered lunch-break as schools, colleges and coaching centres across Delhi resume in-person classes from September 1 after a nearly five-month hiatus.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Education during the time of pandemic

To curb the spread of Covid-19 infections, educational institutions have been shut all over the world. As a result, e-learning has become the preferred mode of education. Due to the socio-economic condition of JAAGO’s students, there is no alternative to conducting classes other than through mobile phones. JAAGOs Tel-Ed initiative, which started in June 2020, is one such programme that utilises mobile phones to conduct classes.
30 August 2021, 06:33 AM

Prof Sabbir Sattar appointed new VC of RU

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.
29 August 2021, 09:54 AM

‘Reopen educational institutes from Sept’

A platform of students, teachers, and guardians yesterday demanded all educational institutes be reopened in September instead of October.
28 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Human chain demands reopening educational institutions from September

A human chain at Jatiya Press Club demanded reopening all educational institutions from September.
28 August 2021, 10:05 AM

Reopening of Universities: 19 months’ wait may end Oct 15

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.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Empowering marginalised groups through education and employment

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.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Secondary, higher secondary schools to stay closed till Sept 11

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.
26 August 2021, 10:18 AM

Universities can resume in-person classes from Oct 15 after all students, teachers vaccinated

Universities can reopen from October 15 after vaccinating all their students and teachers.
26 August 2021, 10:13 AM

Pandemic-hit Education Sector: Recovery plan needs $90m

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.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Hybrid Learning at Universities: UGC finalises draft

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.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Hybrid learning at universities: UGC finalises draft

The University Grants Commission today finalised a draft of policy on hybrid learning for universities.
25 August 2021, 12:43 PM

Deadline for completing HSC exam forms extended

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka today extended the period for filling up online forms of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination 2021.
25 August 2021, 12:37 PM

DU to reopen dorms in first week of Oct

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.
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM

It’s 2nd longest in the world

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.
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Govt will reopen educational institutions if Covid-19 infection rate falls further: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni today said government will reopen educational institutions soon if the Covid-19 infection rate falls further.
24 August 2021, 14:34 PM

Govt asks authorities to ensure cleanliness of school campuses for eventual reopening

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.
24 August 2021, 13:42 PM

Teachers’ network to hold symbolic classes if universities not reopened from Sept

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.
24 August 2021, 11:43 AM

Closure of educational institutes in pandemic has affected 40m Bangladeshi students: Unicef   

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.
24 August 2021, 11:22 AM

Classes starting, but international students failing to get US visas

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.
23 August 2021, 12:47 PM