Education
Mobile phone bans 'improve school exam results'
Banning mobile phones from schools has the effect of giving pupils an extra week's education over the course of an academic year, researchers say.
17 May 2015, 15:40 PM
Life in a Boarding School
The question arises, is there any scope for self-actualisation in such an environment? Do they really learn to cope with the real world from within their carefully-controlled domain?
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi plays impromptu tabla with school kid (video)
In an unusual gesture, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with a school kid at the Education City in Jawanga in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh during his visit there.
9 May 2015, 14:14 PM
WISHES FOR THE GRADUATING CLASS
YOUR commence-ment speaker deals with the big ideas: follow your passion, serve your community, know thyself.
6 May 2015, 18:00 PM
HSC tests deferred for city polls
Tests for nine Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams, scheduled for April 26, 27 and 28, have been pushed back to May 2, 4 and 16 respectively.
13 April 2015, 11:42 AM
HSC exams begin peacefully
HSC and equivalent examinations begin peacefully throughout the country with over 10.5 lakhs examines are expected to appear in the exams.
1 April 2015, 05:00 AM
New dates for postponed SSC exams
Postponed SSC and equivalent exams of March 8 and March 10 will be held on March 27 and March 28 respectively. The exams of March 27 will begin at 9:00am, while those of March 28 at 10:00am
21 March 2015, 11:06 AM
600 students expelled for cheating on Bihar school exams
600 high school students in Bihar have been expelled for cheating on pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week
20 March 2015, 13:00 PM
End hartal, urge guardians of examinees
Guardians of English medium school students urge the concerned authorities not to impose any hartal or blockade during the O and A-level examinations scheduled for the May-June session
20 March 2015, 07:21 AM
Tomorrow’s Dakhil exam postponed
The government postpones the Dakhil examinations scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) following extension of hartal by the BNP-led 20-party political alliance.
10 March 2015, 11:39 AM
SSC exams for Sunday, Tuesday postponed
The government has postponed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday after the BNP-led 20-party alliance called a fresh 72-hour hartal from tomorrow.
7 March 2015, 11:37 AM
Tomorrow’s SSC exams postponed
(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.
3 March 2015, 13:03 PM
Tomorrow’s SSC exam now to be held Mar 7 due to hartal
The government defers tomorrow’s SSC examination to March 7 (Saturday) due to the BNP-led 20-party alliance's ongoing countrywide hartal
25 February 2015, 09:41 AM
Academia's missing middle
THERE is a perplexing problem in Bangladesh's “universities,” especially in the private universities. A significant number of departments of these universities are staffed by faculty members who are of very senior rank (professors).
16 February 2015, 18:00 PM