schools

Secondary MPO schools must pay admission fees to govt

The government yesterday instructed all secondary educational institutions to deposit the admission fees collected from students with the state coffer.

Schools need to rethink how they teach Literature

Schools must revamp literature education to foster creativity.

The state of sports in schools

Schools, therefore, often remain an oasis in an otherwise barren concrete desert without publicly accessible alternatives.

Why can't children reach school?

Flooded institutions paint grim picture of our students' situation

The problem with too much discipline in schools

Schools should also be a place students look back upon fondly, not a totalitarian regime they would grow up to hate for the rest of their lives.

S.F.X. Greenherald International Sschool to celebrate golden jubilee

S.F.X. Greenherald International School, is celebrating to mark its glorious golden jubilee on February 9, 10 and 11 at the school premises.

Getting a head start in academia

Career counselling in school enables students to identify and explore future career options.

Of public schools and their woes

As the new fiscal year is set to begin, will the state of public schools remain unchanged?

Break the taboos around menstruation

Make sanitary napkins affordable and available to all women and girls

January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023

Getting a head start in academia

Career counselling in school enables students to identify and explore future career options.

June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022

Of public schools and their woes

As the new fiscal year is set to begin, will the state of public schools remain unchanged?

May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022

Break the taboos around menstruation

Make sanitary napkins affordable and available to all women and girls

September 12, 2021
September 12, 2021

The back to school business

As schools the world over gear up to reopen after periodic shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh has kept educational institutes closed for over a year and a half, since March last year. In light of the country’s insufficient health infrastructure, it seems like a sensible decision, even if a bit overcautious.

April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016

Schools asked to relax rules

The authorities of secondary schools can reschedule classes amid a heat wave sweeping the country for the last three weeks.

February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016

1,209 schools get show-cause notice

The education ministry has served show-cause notices to 1,209 institutions for not responding to an earlier order to pay back the additional exam fees that they charged students before the last year's Secondary School Certificate exams.

February 9, 2016
February 9, 2016

Refund extra fees or face legal action

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday reaffirmed that legal action would be taken against the education institutions failing to return additional fees within the deadline.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

82 schools closed as teachers go on picnics

Keeping 82 government primary schools in Parbatipur upazila closed, at least 265 teachers along with their family members went on picnics on Saturday, angering parents.

January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016

New books, big smiles

For schoolchildren all over the country, the first morning of the New Year came with the refreshing smell of fresh textbooks. As they went to their respective schools braving the morning chill yesterday, they each were handed over a new set of textbooks at all primary and secondary schools. Beaming with joy, some students held the books up in the air, while some were flipping through the pages after receiving them with a feeling of sheer happiness written on their faces.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

Teachers to inspect educational institutions: Nahid

The chiefs of school, college, madrasa and technical educational institutions will inspect other similar institutions from now on to evaluate their performance, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid says today.