Learning through gaming

Comprehension, imagination and implementation are three key things that lie at the heart of science and technology education. As the current education system is more geared towards knowledge through memorisation, students lack logical thinking and imagination.
20 August 2017

Internet of educational things

The Internet of Things (IoT), the connection of devices (beyond computers and smartphones) to the internet, is poised to radically transform every aspect of our life including our learning process. It will virtually connect everything that can be connected.
20 August 2017

WALK THE TALK WITH VICE CHANCELLORS

DIGITAL is the new reality. Any educational institution that is not thinking digital is going to go the way of the dinosaur! Teaching must give way to “reaching”. With technology, teachers have the opportunity to be much more creative.
20 August 2017

Teaching through Tech

Smallfoot, a youth-driven initiative for educating underprivileged children, inaugurated its new social project titled "Smallfoot-Teach through Tech" on August 12, 2017. "Teach through Tech" is a technological education programme that aims to provide children from slums with training on necessary skills based on their passion.
16 August 2017

For the love of imagination

Under the joint initiative of United International University (UIU) and The Daily Star (TDS), the latest workshop of Imagine Write Creatively was held at Sir John Wilson School on August 7, 2017.
16 August 2017

The government's got your tongue

Years of majoritarian Bangla education means that certain minority communities only speak their mother-tongue, and neither read nor write.
10 August 2017

When a teacher's finger exposes our hunger for power

On July 29, 2017, there was a protest event organised by some student organisations at the University of Dhaka. They argued that a senate meeting was being held without student representatives.
3 August 2017

Redundancy And How It's Redundant

One of the main issues that writers should seek to eliminate is redundancy. How many times have you written something like this?
2 August 2017

Are the students collateral damage?

We are accustomed to students protesting to postpone their exam dates. This time, however, students of seven government colleges took to the streets demanding the announcement of exam dates and timely publishing of their results.
25 July 2017

The school across the river

Every time the weather takes a turn for the worse, school-going children in the haor are among the first to be affected.
13 July 2017

VAT on English-medium schools - A discriminatory proposal?

Discrimination. This is the word being tossed around to describe the recent decision to institute a VAT of 15 percent on English-medium schools.
15 June 2017

6 things to note for your first year at law school

As I await my graduation from Law school, which is supposed to happen within 2 months, I look back at the memorable journey which started with me having no idea what in the world a “plaintiff” was.
7 June 2017

Debate vs MUN

Two of the most common forms of co-curricular competitions at school and university alike – debate and MUN – might seem more or less similar from the outside.
17 May 2017

An Academic Pilgrimage to Bhutan

A few weeks back, I had the tremendous good fortune to participate in an international academic conference.
10 May 2017

How do you show a story?

On a fine, sunny (too sunny for my liking) Thursday (April 27), I made my way to Bashundhara in order to observe the latest installment of Imagine
3 May 2017

THE PROCRASTINATOR'S GUIDE TO ACING FINALS

You go home after a long day at your educational institution, eagerly anticipating nap time.
3 May 2017

ULAB organises Inter-University Students’ Conference and Cultural Competition

The Department of English at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organises its two-day Inter-University Students’ Conference and Cultural Competition for the third time.
21 April 2017

The Writer's Territory

After an awful drag of writer's block stretching months, I opted to cover the event Imagine Write Creatively at Scholastica, Mirpur on March 22 for a kick of writing inspiration.
29 March 2017

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN INSPIRATION ENGINEER

Arman Khan has a busy day ahead of him. As he dresses himself, he contemplates his first social media post of the day.
29 March 2017

Dealing with Freeloaders

Whenever you hear “group project” don't you remember the agonising experience of working in that one group project that you didn't...
22 March 2017