School authorities handed over new textbooks to students yesterday, the first day of the academic year, though many authorities could not give full sets of secondary textbooks.

Dr Shamsuddoha Khandokar has been elected chairman of the board of trustees at Eastern University (EU), said a press release.

Although the government could not hold the “Textbook Festival” this year due to the pandemic situation, students of many schools got their new textbooks on the first day of the New Year.

Online enrolment to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the academic session 2021-2022 is scheduled to begin from January 8.

After a difficult 2020, the county’s education sector returned to some degree of normalcy last year.

With three optional subjects and exams carrying fewer marks, this year’s SSC candidates have achieved outstanding results, showing an increase in pass rates and number of GPA-5 achievers in nine general education boards.

It will not be possible to keep schools open in case the number of Covid cases rises again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday.

The University Grants Commission has said in its latest annual report that it wants closure of evening, weekend and executive courses at public universities as they negatively impact universities’ image.

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said the Covid-19 situation will decide the fate of next year’s SSC and HSC exams.

After a year of uncertainty surrounding exams and students’ academic future owing to the pandemic, results of SSC exams brought a joyous

The Covid-19 situation will decide the fate of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams next year, said Education Minister Dipu Moni today.

DW Akademie, the media development wing of Germany’s public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), has launched a programme in Bangladesh to train and equip women journalists and journalism students with digital and journalistic skills.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed the education ministry to continue online learning programmes if there is a rise in Covid-19 infections.

Girls have outshined boys in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent results, securing higher pass rates and more GPA-5.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today formally inaugurated the distribution of free textbooks for students up to the secondary level -- for the academic year 2022.

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations were launched this morning by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital.

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The Anti-Corruption Commission has received over 100 allegations of anomalies, mostly related to recruitment and admission, against officials of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education in the last three years.

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams will be published on Thursday.

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be published on Thursday (December 30).