Bangladesh’s general secondary schools lost about 1.78 million students between 2018 and 2025 even as the number of schools increased, The Daily Star reported Oct. 26, citing official education statistics. Enrollment in grades six through 10 fell 20.1%, from 8.857 million to 7.074 million. The number of schools rose from 16,186 to 16,737 over the […]
Bangladesh will restore written admission tests for classes 2 to 9 in government secondary schools from the 2027 academic year, ending lottery-based selection for those grades. The Secondary and Higher Education Division announced the policy Tuesday. Class 1 admissions will continue through a digital lottery, with applicants allowed to choose up to five schools. Tests […]
Bangladesh plans to hold retests within 15 days of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) results for students who fail up to two subjects, education minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said Tuesday. Students who fail again may be directed to technical and vocational education, Milon said during an orientation program for education cadre officials in Bogura. Results […]
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) vice chancellor Sk Shariful Alam left the campus Tuesday evening after students confined him for nearly 30 hours, The Financial Express reported. Chattogram deputy commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia and superintendent of police Masud Alam arrived around 6:30 p.m. and helped Shariful leave with administrative assistance. Ten other […]
Students at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) in Bangladesh locked newly appointed vice-chancellor Sheikh Shariful Alam inside its administrative building Monday, demanding his resignation, The Daily Star reported. Protesters also cut the building’s power and water supplies as a campus shutdown entered its 21st day. They want former vice-chancellor Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem […]
Bangladesh will form a committee to review public university admission opportunities for English-medium students, education minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said Sunday, according to The Business Standard. The University Grants Commission (UGC) will lead the panel, which will examine whether and how students following foreign curricula can seek admission on equal terms with other applicants. […]
River erosion has brought Bangladesh’s Padma within about 50 meters of a government primary school in Shariatpur, prompting preparations to relocate the institution before further land collapses. Altaf Hossain Khan Government Primary School opened in 2017, when the river was nearly 2 kilometers away. Erosion over the past two years has narrowed that distance, according […]
Teacher shortages are disrupting secondary school lessons across Bangladesh, increasing workloads and pushing students toward private coaching, according to reporting by The Daily Star. Education minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told parliament April 23 that 2,842 teaching posts were vacant in government secondary schools and 77,227 in nongovernment secondary institutions receiving government salary support. Nearly […]
Seven master’s students in Bangladesh received the Ali Riaz Postgraduate Research Award and Scholarship at the University of Dhaka.
A Qawmi student organization has demanded cancellation of a cultural program planned for Sept. 14 as part of freshman orientation at Brahmanbaria Government College, citing religious values, safety concerns, and previous violence.
