English version schools (Bangladesh)

English version school is a system of education in Bangladesh that follows the Bangla medium school curriculum and based upon textbooks translated from the Bengali language into English.[1] There are approximately 52 English version schools in Dhaka. In 2011 the first Internet based English version school opened in Gazipur.[2]

Main article: Education in Bangladesh

History

The government of Bangladesh opened the first English version schools in cadet colleges in the late 1990s.[3]

English version is different from English medium schools. While English medium schools follow the curriculum of Edexcel or Cambridge International Examination, English version schools follow the national curriculum and hold national examinations in English.[4] English versions schools are usually less costly than English medium schools.[5]

Zia Hasan International School in Tangail and Dinajpur Laboratory School & College in Dinajpur in 2010 became the first English version schools in a rural area.[6]

References
  1. "English version school in shaping life". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  2. "Internet-based English medium school reaches Kankarparha in Cox's Bazar". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  3. Ahmed, Hafez. "Teacher crisis in English version schools". www.newstoday.com.bd. New Age. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  4. Spolsky, Bernard; Sung, Kiwan (2015). Secondary School English Education in Asia: From policy to practice. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-64275-6.
  5. "English medium schools pocketing money". Dhaka Mirror. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  6. "Outstanding success in PECE of a rural English version school". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-05.


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