education
DU Ga unit admission test held
Dhaka, Sep 14 (UNB)- The first-year honours admission test of “Ga” unit under the Business Studies faculty for the 2018-19 academic session of Dhaka University was held on Friday.
Nahid stresses upgradation of curriculum, edu system
Dhaka, Sep 14 (UNB) –Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Friday stressed the need for upgradation of curriculum and education system to make the future generation capable and fit for the advanced world.
DU admission tests begin Friday
Dhaka, Sept 13 (UNB) - The tests for admission into first year honours courses at Dhaka University under session 2018-19 begin on Friday with entry test of ‘Ga’ unit.
BYLC organises roundtable on youth employment
Dhaka, Sep 13 (UNB) – Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center’s Office of Professional Development, in partnership with The Daily Star, has organized a roundtable discussion on ‘Closing the skills gap: Preparing the next generation for an uncertain job market’ with HR professionals from 19 of Bangladesh’s leading companies.
IU online application process rescheduled
Kushtia, Sep 12 (UNB) - The online application process for the first year honours course admission tests under 2018-19 academic session of Islamic University (IU) will start from September 15 instead of September 10 as scheduled earlier.
Uniform guidelines to remove discrepancies in varsity recruitment process: Nahid
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said the proposed uniform guidelines for recruitment and promotion or upgradation of teachers at public universities will remove discrepancies in the recruitment process.
Quota reformists stage rally, demand gazette
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - Leaders and activists of Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council, a platform that spearheads the quota reform movement, on Wednesday brought out a rally on the Dhaka University campus demanding immediate publication of a gazette notification on quota system.
Teachers of non-gov’t edu instts threaten to go for movement again
Dhaka, Sep 12 (UNB) - Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions on Wednesday threatened to wage movement again if their demands including nationalization of their institutes are not met immediately.
2-day cultural competition begins at JU Wednesday
Jahangirnagar University, Sept 11 (UNB) - A two-day inter-department cultural competition begins at Jahangirnagar University on Wednesday.
Ensure accountability in universities, President tells UGC
Dhaka, Sept 11 (UNB) – President Abdul Hamid asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to play an active role to ensure the accountability of all the universities as well as the quality of education.
The President made the call at the ‘UGC Gold Medal’ distribution ceremony at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Tuesday.
“Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took the breakthrough decision of establishing the Commission to promote higher education across the country. The number of public and private universities in the country has now reached at 150 with more than 39 lakh students enrolled there. Considering the number of students at the university level, Bangladesh has now achieved fourth place in the world after China, India and Indonesia,” said the President.
“This is a huge achievement,” he further said.
Praising the government initiatives, he said, “The field of higher education in the country is now broader than the previous times. I think this was achieved for the time-befitting education policy with far-reaching plans and implementation of these on time,” said the President.
“However, we have to put more emphasis on not only in numbers but also on higher education so that our students can progress successfully in the global competition and ensure their place,” he said.
Stressing on the strong evaluation and supervision at every level of higher education, Abdul Hamid said, “The number of educational institutions in both the public and private sectors has been increased in terms of time and demand.”
Hamid said the role of the private universities for increasing the sphere of higher education is really praiseworthy. “But commercialization in name of education will not be accepted,” he said.
Stressing on the extracurricular activities, the President said, “We need an education system which will create enlightened and creative-minded people who will be able to promote the ideals of liberation war and patriotism.”
A total of thirty-five academics received the ‘UGC Gold Medal’ for their fundamental research works and publications.
Among them, 18 teachers were given the award for the year 2016 and 17 for 2017. Each of the selected teachers got Tk 50,000 for their books and Tk 30,000 for their articles as honorarium along with a certificate and a gold medal.
University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh Chairman, Professor Abdul Mannan, presided over the ceremony with UGC Member Professor Dr Dil Afroza Begum delivering the address of welcome.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid was present as the special guest.
Earlier in August 2018, the UGC changed the name of the UGC Award as UGC Gold Medal.