CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
Self Delete
Last edited:
Education related NEWS and updates : Bangladesh
- Thread starter bd_4_ever
- Start date
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
Bangladesh govt to set up university in each district, says PM
Submitted by admin4 on 3 January 2011 - 4:05pm
Bangladesh govt to set up university in each district, says PM | TwoCircles.net
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced her government's plan to set up university in each district across the country to reach higher education facilities up to door step of the people.
Besides, she said her government wants to decentralize all fundamental services including education and health services so that people living in the rural areas could avail the facilities.
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a discussion meeting organized to mark the National Social Welfare Day- 2011 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here on sunday.
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid and Adviser to the Prime Minister Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali also spoke on the occasion with Secretary of the Ministry Quamrunnesa
Khanam in the chair.
The Prime Minister said her government will distribute all government allowances through bank account to prevent mismanagement and irregularities and to ensure reaching of the
allowances to the people.
Referring to various activities undertaken by her previous government for the welfare of the people, she said the BNP-Jamaat government after coming to power suspended the programmes due to petty political interest.
"We will again resume the programmes so that none can suspend the pro-people development programmes," she asserted.
The Prime Minister while reiterating her government's pledge for creating social safety net, said her government has taken various programmes for improving living standard of the people.
In this context, she said her government will take necessary measurers to stop begging through ensuring food and shelter for all. "Why people will get involved in begging, if we can ensure their food and shelter," she questioned.
Quoting from a newspaper report, Sheikh Hasina said the inhuman acts like involving children in begging by making them disable and other anti-social activities must be stopped at any cost.
She said her government will take necessary steps to make information technology suitable to the disabled people to include them in building digital Bangladesh by 2021 as pledged in the election manifesto.
Sheikh Hasina announced that the government will build a full-fledged complex for disabled people in Dhaka and specialized hospitals at all divisional headquarters for the welfare of the handicapped people.
Preliminary work of the construction of Sheikh Fajilatunnesa Mujib specialized hospital in Savar has already been started and special training will be imparted to the nurses through
establishing a nursing school there for rendering services to disabled children.
She said work on the project of establishing six Vocational Training Centre at six divisional headquarters are nearing completion
The Prime Minister said her government is implementing various programmes including distribution of allowances for the elderly people, widow and women deserted by their husband and freedom fighters.
Besides, she said that National Disable Foundation is implementing development projects involving Taka 155 crore for the welfare of disable people.
Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed various allowances among the insolvent disabled, widow, husband abandoned, elderly people and freedom fighters. She also distributed money of interest free micro-credit programme of the social welfare department among the beneficiaries.
Submitted by admin4 on 3 January 2011 - 4:05pm
Bangladesh govt to set up university in each district, says PM | TwoCircles.net
By NNN-BSS,
Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced her government's plan to set up university in each district across the country to reach higher education facilities up to door step of the people.
Besides, she said her government wants to decentralize all fundamental services including education and health services so that people living in the rural areas could avail the facilities.
The Prime Minister said this while addressing a discussion meeting organized to mark the National Social Welfare Day- 2011 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here on sunday.
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid and Adviser to the Prime Minister Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali also spoke on the occasion with Secretary of the Ministry Quamrunnesa
Khanam in the chair.
The Prime Minister said her government will distribute all government allowances through bank account to prevent mismanagement and irregularities and to ensure reaching of the
allowances to the people.
Referring to various activities undertaken by her previous government for the welfare of the people, she said the BNP-Jamaat government after coming to power suspended the programmes due to petty political interest.
"We will again resume the programmes so that none can suspend the pro-people development programmes," she asserted.
The Prime Minister while reiterating her government's pledge for creating social safety net, said her government has taken various programmes for improving living standard of the people.
In this context, she said her government will take necessary measurers to stop begging through ensuring food and shelter for all. "Why people will get involved in begging, if we can ensure their food and shelter," she questioned.
Quoting from a newspaper report, Sheikh Hasina said the inhuman acts like involving children in begging by making them disable and other anti-social activities must be stopped at any cost.
She said her government will take necessary steps to make information technology suitable to the disabled people to include them in building digital Bangladesh by 2021 as pledged in the election manifesto.
Sheikh Hasina announced that the government will build a full-fledged complex for disabled people in Dhaka and specialized hospitals at all divisional headquarters for the welfare of the handicapped people.
Preliminary work of the construction of Sheikh Fajilatunnesa Mujib specialized hospital in Savar has already been started and special training will be imparted to the nurses through
establishing a nursing school there for rendering services to disabled children.
She said work on the project of establishing six Vocational Training Centre at six divisional headquarters are nearing completion
The Prime Minister said her government is implementing various programmes including distribution of allowances for the elderly people, widow and women deserted by their husband and freedom fighters.
Besides, she said that National Disable Foundation is implementing development projects involving Taka 155 crore for the welfare of disable people.
Earlier, the Prime Minister distributed various allowances among the insolvent disabled, widow, husband abandoned, elderly people and freedom fighters. She also distributed money of interest free micro-credit programme of the social welfare department among the beneficiaries.
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
BRTC launches buses for Dhaka schools
BRTC launches buses for Dhaka schools
BRTC launches buses for Dhaka schools
FE Report
State-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has rolled out 14 buses for Dhaka's 26 top schools situated in the city's busy Mirpur and Azimpur areas.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain inaugurated the buses at Mirpur Bangla College, saying the service would cut congestion during the busiest hours of the day.
The buses, whose number will be increased if they become popular, will run from Mirpur 12 to Azimpur after a gap of 10 minutes. They will operate from 6 am to 9am and 12pm to 3 pm.
With the service, the BRTC has rolled out 100 buses in the capital to ease traffic jam, Hossain said, adding the state-owned bus operator also has a plan to add 1,000 buses including double-deckers in its fleet by year-end.
He said the long-awaited school bus service would lessen pressure of motorised vehicles on key city areas where top schools are located. It also will ensure some worry-free time for the parents and guardians.
Officials said the BRTC, with the help of Dhaka City Corporation, has built passenger shades at 33 stoppages within the route and introduced woman guides to pick and drop students.
Traffic policemen have been ordered to give priority to the buses so that the children reach their destinations in time.
The authorities have also introduced GPS technology in each of the buses to help guardians track their kids through text messaging. Television has been introduced to entertain the children.
Officials said the government has planned to introduce more BRTC school buses in other routes of the city gradually after evaluating success of the Mirpur-Azimpur service.
The latest bus service has been launched after a Dhaka Metropolitan police study blamed 50 top schools and colleges for worsening the city's traffic gridlock.
Five schools and colleges have been blamed for bringing traffic to a near halt in the busy Mirpur road. English medium schools mushroomed in Dhanmondi are found guilty of blocking traffic in the posh residential area.
Other schools are blamed for causing traffic chaos in the main arteries at Uttara, Bailey Road, Malibagh Road, Farmgate, Moha-mmadpur and Kakoli crossing near the Dhaka Cantonment.
BRTC launches buses for Dhaka schools
BRTC launches buses for Dhaka schools
FE Report
State-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has rolled out 14 buses for Dhaka's 26 top schools situated in the city's busy Mirpur and Azimpur areas.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain inaugurated the buses at Mirpur Bangla College, saying the service would cut congestion during the busiest hours of the day.
The buses, whose number will be increased if they become popular, will run from Mirpur 12 to Azimpur after a gap of 10 minutes. They will operate from 6 am to 9am and 12pm to 3 pm.
With the service, the BRTC has rolled out 100 buses in the capital to ease traffic jam, Hossain said, adding the state-owned bus operator also has a plan to add 1,000 buses including double-deckers in its fleet by year-end.
He said the long-awaited school bus service would lessen pressure of motorised vehicles on key city areas where top schools are located. It also will ensure some worry-free time for the parents and guardians.
Officials said the BRTC, with the help of Dhaka City Corporation, has built passenger shades at 33 stoppages within the route and introduced woman guides to pick and drop students.
Traffic policemen have been ordered to give priority to the buses so that the children reach their destinations in time.
The authorities have also introduced GPS technology in each of the buses to help guardians track their kids through text messaging. Television has been introduced to entertain the children.
Officials said the government has planned to introduce more BRTC school buses in other routes of the city gradually after evaluating success of the Mirpur-Azimpur service.
The latest bus service has been launched after a Dhaka Metropolitan police study blamed 50 top schools and colleges for worsening the city's traffic gridlock.
Five schools and colleges have been blamed for bringing traffic to a near halt in the busy Mirpur road. English medium schools mushroomed in Dhanmondi are found guilty of blocking traffic in the posh residential area.
Other schools are blamed for causing traffic chaos in the main arteries at Uttara, Bailey Road, Malibagh Road, Farmgate, Moha-mmadpur and Kakoli crossing near the Dhaka Cantonment.
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
Bangladesh top court declares corporal punishment at schools illegal
Bangladesh top court declares corporal punishment at schools illegal - CNN.com
From Farid Ahmed, For CNN
January 14, 2011 -- Updated 1725 GMT (0125 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Bangladesh's High Court bans caning, beating and chaining in schools
* Justices: "Such punishment is a clear violation of children's fundamental rights"
* The ruling applies to primary and secondary schools as well as Islamic religious schools
Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- A top court has banned any corporal punishment in schools in Bangladesh, a country where millions of children are exposed to physical abuse, officials said Thursday.
Despite official instructions to teachers on alternative approaches to child discipline, many children continue to live in fear of violence in schools, the High Court said.
The court said caning, beating, chaining, forced haircuts and confinement are used to punish children in primary and secondary schools as well as in Islamic religious schools, known at madrassas.
"Such punishment is a clear violation of children's fundamental rights to life and liberty," said the order handed down by Justices Imman Ali and Sheikh Hasan Arif.
They said teachers' involvement in corporal punishment should be treated as "misconduct" and asked the government to take action against those teachers.
The court judgment followed a public-interest litigation filed by two leading rights groups, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and Ain O Shalish Kendra.
As the High Court started hearing the rights groups' petition last July, it asked the government to take steps to stop corporal punishment, noting allegations that a 10-year-old boy had committed suicide after he had been beaten by his teacher.
A spokesman in the ministry of education said that in response, it had issued a circular asking teachers to stop physical abuse in schools.
"In fact, teachers are not well-trained and they need deftness to understand child psychology and alternative approaches to child discipline," Shafiq Rahman, a banker in Dhaka, told CNN. He has a child in the school system.
A survey conducted by the United Nations Children Fund, or UNICEF, in Dhaka couple of years ago involving nearly 4,000 families found that 91 percent of children experienced physical abuse in schools.
It said the poorer children were more likely to experience physical punishment, with greater frequency and severity, than richer students.
Bangladesh top court declares corporal punishment at schools illegal - CNN.com
From Farid Ahmed, For CNN
January 14, 2011 -- Updated 1725 GMT (0125 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Bangladesh's High Court bans caning, beating and chaining in schools
* Justices: "Such punishment is a clear violation of children's fundamental rights"
* The ruling applies to primary and secondary schools as well as Islamic religious schools
Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- A top court has banned any corporal punishment in schools in Bangladesh, a country where millions of children are exposed to physical abuse, officials said Thursday.
Despite official instructions to teachers on alternative approaches to child discipline, many children continue to live in fear of violence in schools, the High Court said.
The court said caning, beating, chaining, forced haircuts and confinement are used to punish children in primary and secondary schools as well as in Islamic religious schools, known at madrassas.
"Such punishment is a clear violation of children's fundamental rights to life and liberty," said the order handed down by Justices Imman Ali and Sheikh Hasan Arif.
They said teachers' involvement in corporal punishment should be treated as "misconduct" and asked the government to take action against those teachers.
The court judgment followed a public-interest litigation filed by two leading rights groups, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and Ain O Shalish Kendra.
As the High Court started hearing the rights groups' petition last July, it asked the government to take steps to stop corporal punishment, noting allegations that a 10-year-old boy had committed suicide after he had been beaten by his teacher.
A spokesman in the ministry of education said that in response, it had issued a circular asking teachers to stop physical abuse in schools.
"In fact, teachers are not well-trained and they need deftness to understand child psychology and alternative approaches to child discipline," Shafiq Rahman, a banker in Dhaka, told CNN. He has a child in the school system.
A survey conducted by the United Nations Children Fund, or UNICEF, in Dhaka couple of years ago involving nearly 4,000 families found that 91 percent of children experienced physical abuse in schools.
It said the poorer children were more likely to experience physical punishment, with greater frequency and severity, than richer students.
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
Damn they ban it right now... after getting spank almost regularly for whole of my school life.... for fleeing school from the back side wall, bunking classes and playing cricket at Dhaka college or video game at new market .... for not cutting hair sometimes.... some time for not doing homework... but still now I look at those as sweetest memory of my life.... I miss my beloved teachers and school despite getting spank with beth ... almost regularly...
Last edited:
monitor
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2007
- Messages
- 8,570
- Reaction score
- 7
- Country
- Location
yes we have the almost same story . our guardian believed that giving punishment is only ways to teaching .now the thought have change .many child psychologist are now voicing their concern about punishment in school and the children living in fear of getting punishment or being humiliated .good decision by court .
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
Yes I agree... moderate punishment is sometime ok... but severe punishment is not and should be ban altogether...
CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- May 10, 2010
- Messages
- 7,685
- Reaction score
- 0
lol...why are you laughing like this.. do not try to pretend that you were saint in your school days...
Bangladesh seeks synergy with Aligarh Muslim university
Aligarh, March 13 (IANS) Bangladesh would like to build strong synergy with the Murshidabad centre of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) because of its locational advantage, and linguistic and cultural affinity, the country's envoy to India says.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tarique A. Kareem was speaking after a meeting here with AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis.
Kareem said Bangladesh agricultural universities have made remarkable advancements in agricultural research, and as a result farmers are cultivating three crops per annum. This technology could be of immense benefit to the farmers of India, the high commissioner said late Saturday.
Azis assured of all possible help in promoting mutually beneficial initiatives between the varsity and the academic institutions of Bangladesh. Azis invited the visiting dignitary to deliver lectures in the area of conflict resolution and international affairs.
Kareem visited the Maulana Azad Library and was impressed by the manuscripts and the volume of books in the library. He said the AMU must make special efforts to preserve the manuscripts, which are a great heritage of the community.
Librarian Shabahat Husain briefed about the progress the library has made in the direction of acquiring digital books. The library has two lakh digital books and over 13 lakh conventional books. He said the process of setting up a digital resource centre has been initiated.
Describing it as one of the Asia's biggest libraries, he said that five thousand students visit the library daily.
N.A.K. Durrani, media advisor, who had accompanied the high commissioner, observed the Aligarh model of education, which offers education from nursery to post-doctoral level, is a unique example of holistic approach promoting knowledge along with the character building.
Bangladesh seeks synergy with Aligarh Muslim university
Aligarh, March 13 (IANS) Bangladesh would like to build strong synergy with the Murshidabad centre of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) because of its locational advantage, and linguistic and cultural affinity, the country's envoy to India says.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tarique A. Kareem was speaking after a meeting here with AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis.
Kareem said Bangladesh agricultural universities have made remarkable advancements in agricultural research, and as a result farmers are cultivating three crops per annum. This technology could be of immense benefit to the farmers of India, the high commissioner said late Saturday.
Azis assured of all possible help in promoting mutually beneficial initiatives between the varsity and the academic institutions of Bangladesh. Azis invited the visiting dignitary to deliver lectures in the area of conflict resolution and international affairs.
Kareem visited the Maulana Azad Library and was impressed by the manuscripts and the volume of books in the library. He said the AMU must make special efforts to preserve the manuscripts, which are a great heritage of the community.
Librarian Shabahat Husain briefed about the progress the library has made in the direction of acquiring digital books. The library has two lakh digital books and over 13 lakh conventional books. He said the process of setting up a digital resource centre has been initiated.
Describing it as one of the Asia's biggest libraries, he said that five thousand students visit the library daily.
N.A.K. Durrani, media advisor, who had accompanied the high commissioner, observed the Aligarh model of education, which offers education from nursery to post-doctoral level, is a unique example of holistic approach promoting knowledge along with the character building.
Bangladesh seeks synergy with Aligarh Muslim university
Skies
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2009
- Messages
- 4,094
- Reaction score
- 1
- Country
- Location
Bangladesh to integrate madrassahs into mainstream
A boy reads verses of the Quran, while studying in a madrassah, January 11, 2011. Photo by AP/File
DHAKA: Bangladesh is planning to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system in a revamp costing $70 million, an official said Monday.
Up to five million children, out of a total of 32 million pupils, study at madrassahs, but a 2010 government study found that they score significantly lower in subjects like English and maths than youngsters at mainstream schools.
The overhaul seeks to improve the quality of education offered at madrassahs by training Islamic teachers and bringing facilities up to national standards, education ministry spokesman Subdoh Chandra Dhali said.
Madrassahs will be able to train their teachers in subjects such as English, science, information technology and mathematics, he said.
The project, which is being bankrolled by the Asian Development Bank, aims to bring madrassahs considered by critics to encourage hardline Islam more closely into the mainstream school system, he said.
The aim is to gradually reform and modernise this age-old education system, he added.
The project is a continuation of a programme launched last year by Bangladeshs secular government to reform madrassahs, including the introduction of compulsory lessons in science, English and information technology.
The government now funds some madrassahs in exchange for control over the curriculum and greater flexibility over admittance including allowing girls to study at the traditionally all-male seminaries.
Bangladesh to integrate madrassahs into mainstream | World | DAWN.COM
A boy reads verses of the Quran, while studying in a madrassah, January 11, 2011. Photo by AP/File
DHAKA: Bangladesh is planning to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system in a revamp costing $70 million, an official said Monday.
Up to five million children, out of a total of 32 million pupils, study at madrassahs, but a 2010 government study found that they score significantly lower in subjects like English and maths than youngsters at mainstream schools.
The overhaul seeks to improve the quality of education offered at madrassahs by training Islamic teachers and bringing facilities up to national standards, education ministry spokesman Subdoh Chandra Dhali said.
Madrassahs will be able to train their teachers in subjects such as English, science, information technology and mathematics, he said.
The project, which is being bankrolled by the Asian Development Bank, aims to bring madrassahs considered by critics to encourage hardline Islam more closely into the mainstream school system, he said.
The aim is to gradually reform and modernise this age-old education system, he added.
The project is a continuation of a programme launched last year by Bangladeshs secular government to reform madrassahs, including the introduction of compulsory lessons in science, English and information technology.
The government now funds some madrassahs in exchange for control over the curriculum and greater flexibility over admittance including allowing girls to study at the traditionally all-male seminaries.
Bangladesh to integrate madrassahs into mainstream | World | DAWN.COM
bd_4_ever
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2009
- Messages
- 2,458
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
I remember opening this thread long back, in order to highlight our achievements and failures in educational system...and where we are going. The thread seem to have died away...but let me revive it back, hopefully other members will continue growing it!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bangladesh awarded in Int'l Physics Olympiad
Bangladesh has won the Best Newcomer Award in the 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) held in Thailand from July 11-17.
The country also received two Honourable Mention Awards for its maiden participation in the Olympiad, said a press release here yesterday.
Sanjid Halim and Abanti Basak of the five-member Bangladesh team received Honourable Mentions for their brilliant first-time performances. Abanti also got the Best Newcomer Award for Bangladesh.
The students were selected through the first Oxford-The Daily Star National Physics Olympiad, organised by Oxford International School, Dhaka.
All five students had attended a two-month training course after being selected to represent Bangladesh in IPhO.
In total, 86 countries participated in the 42nd IPhO at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
On July 11, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn inaugurated the IPhO in the CU auditorium of the university. Sirindhorn also awarded the medals to the winning students at the closing ceremony of the event on July 17.
Altogether 54 gold medals, 68 silver medals, 93 bronze medals and 67 Honourable Mentions have been awarded to the winning students among 430 participants.
Singapore, Taiwan, China and the Republic of Korea have received five gold medals each.
Physicists from all over the world gathered in Thailand to judge the performances of the participants.
The 43rd IPhO will take place in Estonia in 2012.
Bangladesh awarded in Int'l Physics Olympiad
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bangladesh awarded in Int'l Physics Olympiad
Bangladesh has won the Best Newcomer Award in the 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) held in Thailand from July 11-17.
The country also received two Honourable Mention Awards for its maiden participation in the Olympiad, said a press release here yesterday.
Sanjid Halim and Abanti Basak of the five-member Bangladesh team received Honourable Mentions for their brilliant first-time performances. Abanti also got the Best Newcomer Award for Bangladesh.
The students were selected through the first Oxford-The Daily Star National Physics Olympiad, organised by Oxford International School, Dhaka.
All five students had attended a two-month training course after being selected to represent Bangladesh in IPhO.
In total, 86 countries participated in the 42nd IPhO at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
On July 11, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn inaugurated the IPhO in the CU auditorium of the university. Sirindhorn also awarded the medals to the winning students at the closing ceremony of the event on July 17.
Altogether 54 gold medals, 68 silver medals, 93 bronze medals and 67 Honourable Mentions have been awarded to the winning students among 430 participants.
Singapore, Taiwan, China and the Republic of Korea have received five gold medals each.
Physicists from all over the world gathered in Thailand to judge the performances of the participants.
The 43rd IPhO will take place in Estonia in 2012.
Bangladesh awarded in Int'l Physics Olympiad
bd_4_ever
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2009
- Messages
- 2,458
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
Bangladeshi students’ delegation visits PU
PUCIT students excel in Techno-Fest 2011 organised by UET, Lahore Dr Haris Rashid appointed PU Faculty of Sciences dean
A 20-member students’ delegation from Bangladesh, led by Dr Shahid Akhtar Hussain, visited the Punjab University (PU) on Thursday.
The delegation, visited the PU College of Information Technology, where they were welcomed by College Principal Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Director External Linkages Maria Maldonado and other faculty members. Sarwar briefed the delegation about the teaching programmes being offered at the college and apprised them about the academic and research progress made in recent years. He said that foreign students had also been studying in the college, which also provided scholarships to talented and needy students. The delegation visited the college’s library, IT lab, GIS Centre, seminar room, VC office, Senate and Sherani Halls.
The delegation also went to the PU Oriental College where Principal Dr. Mazhar Moin told the delegation about the history, infrastructure, departments and academic programmes of the college. He also told the delegation that the college had been offering courses in foreign languages at the Institute of Languages. Advisor to the PU VC, Colonel (r) Ikramullah and Director External Linkages Maria Maldonado led the delegation to the New Campus where they met Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Javaid Ahmed, deans of faculties and senior faculty members at the Al-Raazi Hall of Centre for Undergraduate Studies.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Shahid admired hospitality of the PU and Punjab government and said that students felt much pleasure to visit the varsity. He said that the students’ visit would further develop mutual relations between the two countries. Afterwards, the delegation visited the main library and took a round of various sections. Delegation members exchanged views on various topics with students present in the library. The delegation also visited the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) where Director Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz briefed them about the academic and research prorgrammes of the institute. The delegates also visited the library, TV studio and FM radio of the institute.
Separately, Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) students excelled in the Techno-Fest 2011 organised by the University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore. The competition encapsulated many categories including software exhibition, extreme programming, breaking the magician code etc.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ents’-delegation-visits-pu/?printType=article
PUCIT students excel in Techno-Fest 2011 organised by UET, Lahore Dr Haris Rashid appointed PU Faculty of Sciences dean
A 20-member students’ delegation from Bangladesh, led by Dr Shahid Akhtar Hussain, visited the Punjab University (PU) on Thursday.
The delegation, visited the PU College of Information Technology, where they were welcomed by College Principal Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar, Director External Linkages Maria Maldonado and other faculty members. Sarwar briefed the delegation about the teaching programmes being offered at the college and apprised them about the academic and research progress made in recent years. He said that foreign students had also been studying in the college, which also provided scholarships to talented and needy students. The delegation visited the college’s library, IT lab, GIS Centre, seminar room, VC office, Senate and Sherani Halls.
The delegation also went to the PU Oriental College where Principal Dr. Mazhar Moin told the delegation about the history, infrastructure, departments and academic programmes of the college. He also told the delegation that the college had been offering courses in foreign languages at the Institute of Languages. Advisor to the PU VC, Colonel (r) Ikramullah and Director External Linkages Maria Maldonado led the delegation to the New Campus where they met Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Javaid Ahmed, deans of faculties and senior faculty members at the Al-Raazi Hall of Centre for Undergraduate Studies.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Shahid admired hospitality of the PU and Punjab government and said that students felt much pleasure to visit the varsity. He said that the students’ visit would further develop mutual relations between the two countries. Afterwards, the delegation visited the main library and took a round of various sections. Delegation members exchanged views on various topics with students present in the library. The delegation also visited the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) where Director Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz briefed them about the academic and research prorgrammes of the institute. The delegates also visited the library, TV studio and FM radio of the institute.
Separately, Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) students excelled in the Techno-Fest 2011 organised by the University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore. The competition encapsulated many categories including software exhibition, extreme programming, breaking the magician code etc.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ents’-delegation-visits-pu/?printType=article
bd_4_ever
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2009
- Messages
- 2,458
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
bd_4_ever
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2009
- Messages
- 2,458
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
Guardians protest high fees
Students and guardians yesterday staged demonstrations in front of Monipur High School and College's main branch at Mirpur, and Shewrapara branch, in the capital, protesting high admission fee charged by the school authorities.
They also demanded that the education minister remove lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder from the school managing committee.
The crowds in front of the schools were also seen chanting slogans against the MP, who is the president of the managing committee, for his involvement in irregularities centring student admission.
Putting up barricades, more than 2,000 guardians and students with banners held human chains on both sides of Begum Rokeya Sarani near the school's Shewrapara branch.
During the four-hour long protest programme there from around 8:00am, guardians said the government had fixed the highest admission fee for city schools at Tk 5,000, but the Monipur school management authority was charging students Tk 25,500 in violation of the government order.
"The huge increase in the admission fee was aimed at swelling MP's pocket," a guardian said.
Later, police were deployed on and outside the school premises to maintain law and order. The demonstration ended without any untoward incidents but led to huge traffic congestion on Begum Rokeya Sarani.
Meanwhile, students of Monipur High School and College's main branch and their guardians gathered in front of the school at Mirpur-2 around 9:00am.
Holding placards and banners, they formed a human chain, which later turned into a demonstration.
Students and guardians in yesterday's demonstrations criticized lawmaker Kamal for assaulting a female reporter of private television channel Rtv on January 2.
The female journalist on the day came to the Shewrapara branch to make a report on high admission fee.
Refuting the allegation of assaulting the reporter, the Awami League MP that day claimed he had not touched the reporter and that she along with a local quarter had been engaged in a conspiracy against him and the school.
On January 5, Kamal reportedly forced students and teachers of Monipur school and some other local schools to hold a human chain in protest against the "conspiracy".
Guardians protest high fees
Students and guardians yesterday staged demonstrations in front of Monipur High School and College's main branch at Mirpur, and Shewrapara branch, in the capital, protesting high admission fee charged by the school authorities.
They also demanded that the education minister remove lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder from the school managing committee.
The crowds in front of the schools were also seen chanting slogans against the MP, who is the president of the managing committee, for his involvement in irregularities centring student admission.
Putting up barricades, more than 2,000 guardians and students with banners held human chains on both sides of Begum Rokeya Sarani near the school's Shewrapara branch.
During the four-hour long protest programme there from around 8:00am, guardians said the government had fixed the highest admission fee for city schools at Tk 5,000, but the Monipur school management authority was charging students Tk 25,500 in violation of the government order.
"The huge increase in the admission fee was aimed at swelling MP's pocket," a guardian said.
Later, police were deployed on and outside the school premises to maintain law and order. The demonstration ended without any untoward incidents but led to huge traffic congestion on Begum Rokeya Sarani.
Meanwhile, students of Monipur High School and College's main branch and their guardians gathered in front of the school at Mirpur-2 around 9:00am.
Holding placards and banners, they formed a human chain, which later turned into a demonstration.
Students and guardians in yesterday's demonstrations criticized lawmaker Kamal for assaulting a female reporter of private television channel Rtv on January 2.
The female journalist on the day came to the Shewrapara branch to make a report on high admission fee.
Refuting the allegation of assaulting the reporter, the Awami League MP that day claimed he had not touched the reporter and that she along with a local quarter had been engaged in a conspiracy against him and the school.
On January 5, Kamal reportedly forced students and teachers of Monipur school and some other local schools to hold a human chain in protest against the "conspiracy".
Guardians protest high fees
bd_4_ever
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2009
- Messages
- 2,458
- Reaction score
- 0
- Country
- Location
Enrollment rate ‘reaches 99pc’
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said the enrollment rate at primary and secondary levels in Bangladesh increased to over 99 percent apart from fall in dropout rate. “There’ve been big changes in Bangladesh’s education sector,” he told the ministerial plenary session of Education World Forum 2012 at the Olympia Exhibition and Conference Center in Landon on Wednesday, according to a massage received in Dhaka.
Addressing the session, Nahid explained in details the main goals of education to prepare the new generation with modern education knowledge, science and technology and with high moral values and patriotism so that they can build ‘Digital Bangladesh’.
He said Bangladesh has formulated a new national education policy and implementing it. “ICT education and the use of technology in the activities of education sector developed within a short period.”
Distribution of free textbooks, improvement of teachers’ quality, development of multimedia classroom, helped enhance the quality of education in the country, he said. Unesco director general Irina Bokova and Education specialist Kevin Watkins highly praised Bangladesh’s achievement in its education sector.
Meanwhile, Nahid met British Foreign Minister Rt Hon William Hague, MP.
Enrollment rate
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said the enrollment rate at primary and secondary levels in Bangladesh increased to over 99 percent apart from fall in dropout rate. “There’ve been big changes in Bangladesh’s education sector,” he told the ministerial plenary session of Education World Forum 2012 at the Olympia Exhibition and Conference Center in Landon on Wednesday, according to a massage received in Dhaka.
Addressing the session, Nahid explained in details the main goals of education to prepare the new generation with modern education knowledge, science and technology and with high moral values and patriotism so that they can build ‘Digital Bangladesh’.
He said Bangladesh has formulated a new national education policy and implementing it. “ICT education and the use of technology in the activities of education sector developed within a short period.”
Distribution of free textbooks, improvement of teachers’ quality, development of multimedia classroom, helped enhance the quality of education in the country, he said. Unesco director general Irina Bokova and Education specialist Kevin Watkins highly praised Bangladesh’s achievement in its education sector.
Meanwhile, Nahid met British Foreign Minister Rt Hon William Hague, MP.
Enrollment rate
Similar threads
