Education Minister

Trouble over hacker ad

An English coaching centre has landed in trouble for publishing an advertisement that allegedly inspired people to become hackers.
29 March 2016

1,209 schools get show-cause notice

The education ministry has served show-cause notices to 1,209 institutions for not responding to an earlier order to pay back the additional exam fees that they charged students before the last year's Secondary School Certificate exams.
28 February 2016

Two schools to adjust additional amount

Two private schools in the capital have announced they would adjust the additional money they had collected as tuition fees with the fees for February in compliance with a government order.
11 February 2016

Refund extra fees or face legal action

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday reaffirmed that legal action would be taken against the education institutions failing to return additional fees within the deadline.
8 February 2016

Return extra fees or face action: Minister to schools

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid once again warns of legal actions if schools fail to return additional tuition and registration fees collected from SSC examinees by the next seven working days.
8 February 2016

Return extra fees

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday asked the educational institutions to return within seven working days the additional money they had collected as tuition fees and registration fees for the SSC examinations.
3 February 2016

No extra marks to raise pass rate: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said there was no instruction from the government to give higher scores to the
30 January 2016

Minister hopes for solution, teachers vow to continue protests

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid assures the agitating university teachers of solving the deadlock over “disparity” in the new pay scale through discussion.
12 January 2016

Education minister inaugurates textbook distribution

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid inaugurates textbooks distribution programme among students
1 January 2016

Textbooks on time

More than 44 million primary and secondary level students are set to receive new textbooks on the first morning of 2016, as around 33 crore copies of textbooks are ready for free distribution.
29 December 2015

Nahid hints at meeting on salary row

Following public university teachers' threat to close their institutions, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday
29 December 2015

Students to get textbooks on time: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today assured that the printing of textbooks would be completed on schedule and school students would get them by the start of next year.
28 October 2015

Govt to control staffing in pvt education bodies

The government plans to regulate staffing in non-government schools, colleges and madrassas, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said today.
14 October 2015

Yet another meeting ends without headway

Yet another meeting between public university teachers and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has ended without major headway.
6 October 2015

JSC, JDC exams from November 1

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin from November 1.
30 July 2015

Nahid sorry over class XI admission seekers’ hassle

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid expresses sorrow for the “hassles” the candidates are facing over class XI admission process for the academic session 2015-2016.
5 July 2015

Education budget lamentable

It is no wonder that Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is lamenting the poor budgetary allocation for his ministry, with only Tk. 4000 crore allocated for educational development purposes, while other ministries have been given Tk. 16,000 crore to realise their development objectives.
29 June 2015

WISHES FOR THE GRADUATING CLASS

YOUR commence-ment speaker deals with the big ideas: follow your passion, serve your community, know thyself.
6 May 2015

Law minister gets death threat

It is now Law Minister Anisul Huq who receives death threats after his cabinet colleague, the education minister, received the same.
13 April 2015

Govt determined to hold HSC exams in time: Minister

The government is determined to hold the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations as per the schedule despite hartals and ongoing blockade, the education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said.
30 March 2015