Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin on 21 April, according to the timetable published on Thursday (15 January) by the education boards. The examinations will open with Bangla First Paper at 10am on the first day, said Prof SM Kamal Uddin Haider, convener of...
The preparation of a new national curriculum has been temporarily suspended, with officials indicating that substantive work is unlikely to resume until after the forthcoming national election and the installation of an elected government. The most recent curriculum, finalised in 2022, was...
Bangladesh’s school curricula for the 2026 academic year have undergone extensive revisions, with primary and secondary textbooks now incorporating a detailed account of the July 2024 mass uprising, the violence that accompanied it, and the findings of a United Nations investigation into alleged...
Assistant teachers in government primary schools began an indefinite programme of full-day work stoppages and exam boycotts across the country on Sunday (30 November), in renewed protest over the unresolved three-point reform agenda that includes the demand for placement in the 11th grade. The...
More than three and a half lakh assistant teachers in government primary schools across the country began an indefinite work stoppage today, pressing a three-point demand that includes the long-promised upgrade to the eleventh grade. Under the programme, teachers will refrain from all classes and...
Primary education across the country has been thrown into disarray as teachers from both state and non-state primary schools escalate their long-running campaigns over pay, promotions and the fate of privately run institutions. In Dhaka, teachers from non-government primary schools marched towards...
