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.

Pursuing higher education at a foreign university is a dream for many, but the associated costs may be a hurdle. In this case, financial aid and scholarships are helpful.

The starting date of admission tests of Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic session 2020-2021 has been rescheduled to October 4 by the university authorities.

Left-leaning student organisations today announced a countrywide “symbolic class” programme on August 22 demanding the resumption of all educational institutions in the country.

The government is considering reopening educational institutions in  phases with universities set to be the first to resume in-person classes  amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Summit Corporation and Beximco Holdings, two of the country’s largest conglomerates, awarded a matching grant of BDT 45 million per annum for three years to JAAGO Foundation, enabling them to educate 4,000 students across Bangladesh.  JAAGO utilides their UNESCO award winning teaching model using ICT to ensure education over telephone calls, short messaging service, and video conferencing systems. This is even more important while the education institutions are closed due to the pandemic. Once the education institutions open, the grant will be used to run the digital schools. This is the first time two local conglomerates are jointly contributing such a large amount to a local Non-profit Organisation.   

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