Education

UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP and World Bank issued new guidelines on the safe reopening of educational institutes amidst ongoing closures which are affecting around 1.3 billion students all over the world. The agencies also alerted that the...

UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home. The Learning Passport started off as a partnership between UNICEF, Microsoft and the...

Disadvantaged teenagers in England will be able to borrow laptops to help them study at home when schools are closed during the coronavirus pandemic. The Department for Education is also supporting free online lessons for primary...

In Latin America and the Caribbean, over 154 million children, about 95 per cent of the enrolled, are temporarily out of school due to the COVID-19, UNICEF reported today based on UNESCO data. About 90 per cent...

Nearly 1 in 3 adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a new UNICEF paper launched today as education ministers gather at the Education World Forum and...

Cambridge International has conferred an impressive 82 Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards on Bangladesh students. The global awards celebrate the highest performing students from over 40 countries in qualifications recognized around the world by leading universities and...

Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, has joined forces with Facebook to train women with less access to digital facilities on how to participate in the digital world in a safe...

SAP and UNICEF announced a new global partnership to provide quality education, life skills and job skills training to young people in disadvantaged communities, preparing them for decent work and active citizenship. Announced at an event...

On behalf of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the UK, the British Council organized a pre-departure briefing on 25 August for departing Commonwealth Scholars for 2019-20 at the auditorium of the British Council Dhaka University...

No physician’s education would be complete without an understanding of the role played by behavioral and social factors in human health and disease, knowledge of the ways in which these factors can be modified, and an...