Council seeks nationalisation of education system, transfer policy

On this Teachers' Day, we thank the ones who truly shaped our lives, our teachers.

The scheme is not 'universal' as it does not encompass government officials.

Universities are not teaching entities, per se. Universities are, instead, transformative sanctuaries.

Those who choose to become teachers nowadays often do so out of necessity rather than a genuine desire to educate.

Teachers teach students from pre-primary to primary levels without having much pedagogical training. But this period is the most important of one’s entire education life

The solution to this problem lies in generating more opportunities for the employment of our graduates – at home and abroad.

It’s time to make our education system conducive to critical thinking

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

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.

The High Court yesterday upheld the government policy framed in 2012 to stop “coaching business” by the teachers of government and private educational institutions.

Teachers call off their hunger strike today after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina orders to initiate the process of enlistment into the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) system.

In 2013, five employees of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) drew two months' salary of 265 teachers and employees.

Teachers of more than 40 percent secondary schools still cannot set question papers in creative method though seven years have gone since its introduction, according to a government report.

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.

More than half of the 100 primary school teachers, who took part in a survey, are still unclear about creative education method introduced five years ago to bring a qualitative change.

Classes resumed at all the 37 public universities yesterday after seven days of work abstention by the teachers over “pay disparity” in the new pay scale. The strike was postponed upon assurance from the prime minister.

Public university teachers will return to classes today as they have decided to suspend their work stoppage observed for seven days over “pay disparity” in the new pay scale.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday assured agitating public university teachers that she'd deal with their demands so that the ongoing stalemate over "disparities" in the new pay scale could be resolved in the quickest time possible, claimed teachers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit today with a delegation of public university teachers agitating over "pay disparities" in the eighth national pay scale to discuss the ongoing stalemate at the universities.