“My classroom has four ceiling fans, but if we are to attend online classes from home, we will need 50 fans.”

There are moments in a nation’s life when victory does not feel like triumph at all. It feels like an inventory. One counts the broken things.

The point is that complex and diverse education services operate under a variety of legal provisions, and their requirements can hardly be met by a single umbrella law.

It is believed that education, in the midst of global advances and challenges, remains the critical vehicle of empowerment.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to stop operations of the unauthorised educational institutions including primary and high schools and madrassas across the country.

Education policy in Bangladesh has always been an issue of much anticipation and as well as heated debate.