Ethics classes for students from this year
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Splash
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Long Read
  • Games
  • Epaper
  • More
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Subscribe
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Splash
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Long Read
  • Games
  • Epaper
  • More
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Subscribe
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
Ethics classes for students from this year

Education

TBS Report
08 March, 2021, 08:25 pm
Last modified: 08 March, 2021, 08:28 pm

Related News

  • More than 1,000 sued over New Market clash between students-traders
  • Dhaka College closes halls for students till 5 May
  • IUB celebrates students' achievements in Spring Communion
  • Are too many students getting GPA 5?
  • Walking to school recommended for student wellness

Ethics classes for students from this year

The education minister has said the classes will be weekly, and will not have a separate book

TBS Report
08 March, 2021, 08:25 pm
Last modified: 08 March, 2021, 08:28 pm
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni. Photo: UNB
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni. Photo: UNB

Education Minister Dipu Moni has said ethics classes will be introduced for students from the pre-primary to higher secondary level this year.

"We are trying to make a good combination of skills and mentality so that the students develop the right mindset from their childhood," the minister told a seminar at the Jatiya Press Club, Monday.

She said the classes on critical thinking and moral reasoning will be held every week. The classes will not follow any separate book, but a manual for the teachers has been prepared.

Dipu Moni said topics are being included in the curriculum so that students can learn about moral values. "We are rearranging the curriculum in such a way that we can create a science-oriented nation based on the spirit of the Liberation War. We want our students to be at the forefront of moral values, science and technology," she added.

In a bid to support each child to develop morality, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has already set up at least 500 Satata Stores (Integrity Stores) at secondary schools across the country.  

The stores have no cashier and students must drop the price of books, pencils, pens, etc. into a box themselves. This is to help them learn and practice the principle of integrity from an early age.

Citing that example, Dipu Moni said the entire curriculum from the pre-primary to the higher secondary level is being changed to help the students develop moral values.

In November last year, the education minister told the parliament that the government had decided to make significant changes to the curriculum.      

'I faced questions about whether I was qualified'

At the seminar marking International Women's Day, Dipu Moni said she had to face questions about whether she was qualified to be the foreign minister.

Dipu Moni was picked as the foreign minister by the ruling government in its 2009-2013 stint. She was the first female to be at the post in Bangladesh's history.    

"Yes, it was quite unfamiliar as journalists had seen old men in the post. But suddenly, a woman came who was not very old then, and I understand it must have been shocking to them," she said.

"But the media did not raise any question over the qualifications of my predecessors or successors," she commented.   

She said, "After 50 years of independence, Bangladesh has been recognised as a developing country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which is the best gift for us. After Sheikh Hasina came to power, she made a series of development policies for women."

At the seminar, Dipu Moni highlighted the sacrifices Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib made.

Jatiya Press Club President Farida Yasmin presided over the programme. She called upon the education minister to include stories of the women freedom fighters in the curricula and make films and documentaries on biographies of women freedom fighters.

Underscoring women's contributions to the Liberation War, Rita Bhowmik presented the keynote paper at the seminar.

Jatiya Press Club General Secretary Ilias Khan, poet Hasan Hafiz and Nasimun Ara Haque Minu were also present.

Bangladesh / Top News

Ethics classes / Students

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Infographic: TBS
    On China lockdown, Cox’s Bazar rail project set to miss 2023 deadline
  • A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes as he prepares an exchange of dollars in Islamabad, Pakistan December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files
    Default threat reaches Pakistan as political crisis deepens
  • Photo: Noor-A-Alam
    How fixed rate regime makes Bangladesh Bank’s monetary tools ineffective

MOST VIEWED

  • Blue panel sweeps DU senate polls
    Blue panel sweeps DU senate polls
  • Orientation of Summer 2022 held at IUB
    Orientation of Summer 2022 held at IUB
  • Illustration: Collected
    Insufficient fund allocation behind poor research in universities
  • Tk304cr graft: HC rejects bail, hands over 4 NSU trustees to police
    Tk304cr graft: HC rejects bail, hands over 4 NSU trustees to police
  • UIU, ULAB signs MOU for research collaboration
    UIU, ULAB signs MOU for research collaboration
  • 4-day long Australian Education fair begins in Dhaka
    4-day long Australian Education fair begins in Dhaka

Related News

  • More than 1,000 sued over New Market clash between students-traders
  • Dhaka College closes halls for students till 5 May
  • IUB celebrates students' achievements in Spring Communion
  • Are too many students getting GPA 5?
  • Walking to school recommended for student wellness

Features

Psycure has received various awards for their extraordinary contributions to promoting Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: Courtesy

Psycure: Meet the organisation serving the underserved university students (and beyond) with mental healthcare 

4h | Panorama
Underlying problems such as school dropouts need to be addressed first before taking a legal route to stop child labour. Photo: Reuters

‘Child labour in a country like Bangladesh is primarily a development issue, not so much of enforcement’

5h | Panorama
The balcony railings of the Boro Sardar Bari in Sonargaon. Made of cast iron, these railings feature vertical posts with intricate designs on top. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

The evolution of railing and grille designs

1d | Habitat
A Russian army service member fires a howitzer during drills at the Kuzminsky range in the southern Rostov region, Russia January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov/File Photo

3 months of Ukraine war : Miscalculations, resistance and redirected focus

1d | Analysis

More Videos from TBS

The alarming effects of the global food crisis

The alarming effects of the global food crisis

3h | Videos
Mangoes from Satkhira going to Iraq

Mangoes from Satkhira going to Iraq

4h | Videos
The dream of building home on moon

The dream of building home on moon

5h | Videos
When is the right time to invest?

When is the right time to invest?

5h | Videos

Most Read

1
Tk100 for bike, Tk2,400 for bus to cross Padma Bridge
Bangladesh

Tk100 for bike, Tk2,400 for bus to cross Padma Bridge

2
A packet of US five-dollar bills is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Banking

Dollar hits Tk100 mark in open market

3
Bangladesh at risk of losing ownership of Banglar Samriddhi
Bangladesh

Bangladesh at risk of losing ownership of Banglar Samriddhi

4
BSEC launches probe against Abul Khayer Hero and allies
Stocks

BSEC launches probe against Abul Khayer Hero and allies

5
The reception is a volumetric box-shaped room that has two glass walls on both the front and back ends and the other two walls are adorned with interior plants, wood and aluminium screens. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Habitat

The United House: Living and working inside nature

6
Illustration: TBS
Banking

Let taka slide

The Business Standard
Top
  • Home
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • About Us
  • Bangladesh
  • International
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Economy
  • Sitemap
  • RSS

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net

Copyright © 2022 THE BUSINESS STANDARD All rights reserved. Technical Partner: RSI Lab