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TAPOSH KUMAR BISWAS and GOUTAM ROY

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Abstract
This article discusses the impact of the ‘student-centred learning’ process on education system of Bangladesh. Present conduction in connection to ‘student-centred learning process’ is also examined identifying its characters and challenges for local and international contexts. As research design, secondary data were used mainly through literature review. Literature asserts that while many of the progressive countries follow ‘student-centred learning’ process as one of the scientific processes, Bangladesh system is yet to adopt. Identifying the probable reasons that are restricting not to adopt this modern technique, a further recommendation is provided to consider for its future action plan.

Introduction


Considering education is a product of lifelong process, these days formal provision is mainly responsible to ensure education for the pupils reflecting the national aims and objectives outlined with belief that students and teachers are the most important variables. The relationship between teachers and students plays a significant role in the learning outcomes. While the concept of ‘disciplined centred’ is having a longer heritage in formal provision of education, ‘student centred’ is significantly newer one with a recent practice of developed countries. The basic difference of these two concepts is that while teacher are the dominator group for disciplined centred education, student centred education is a more connected to participatory approach. In this article examines the potential for student centred education identifying the challenges to offer the solution.

MOHAMMAD TAREQUE RAHMAN

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This paper attempts to explore the inter relationship of primary health care issues with the teaching-learning strategies of the school aiming for the children. Along with this it tries to explore the needs of the children that would make them aware about the primary health care both physically and mentally. Present practice of teaching has the lacking about making the students conscious about health and health care .Though curriculum has identified some of the objectives for achieving healthy behavior but the present teaching-learning environment and strategies is not enough suitable to change the students’ behavior for sustainable healthy body and mind. Besides the children are not preparing properly with the consciousness that they have great responsibilities towards the society to make it conscious about the healthy attitudes and behavior. Not only pointing the needs but this paper also focused some of the concepts (keeping in mind about the resource constrains) which could be effective to meet the needs of the children as well as the society.

Introduction
When something begins it gets an aim to be or for.  If it is about education, it has also got some aims. Roughly estimated by Chandra and Sharma (2004) education has two kinds of aims-the universal aims and the specific aims. Universal aims tend to remain the same, irrespective to the time and place. One of the universally accepted objectives of education is the complete development of the human being. From the earliest time to the present day and in every country of the world education has aimed to develop the abilities and tendencies of human beings in such a way that they may be able to achieve the maximum adjustment, both personal and social. To take one example, the principle that a healthy mind needs a healthy body is a universal maxim and a universal aim of education. For this reason education everywhere includes mental and physical training and education. in the other hand everywhere individuals make families after entering adult life and ensure new life. The human cycle goes such a way. But this all happens inside a structure which is called society and this cycle carries through the different social agencies. Education therefore must ensure that men and society develop in such a manner that the occasions of clash and conflict get reduced to a very minimum and cooperation increase massively so that the cycle can circle smoothly.

In the struggle for survival, man needs a healthy and strong body. Along with this, individual needs a sound thought provoking mind that can think critically and analyze the surroundings. A healthy mind in a healthy body is the key to survive successfully in the challenging society.  Over fifty years ago the World Health Organization described health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity (WHO, 1948). Thus a child who has no tangible symptoms of ill health such as spots or pain may be regarded as healthy. This kind of reasoning prevents us from recognizing that health should entail a positive feeling of well-being. According to Hall and Elliman (2003) many factors which have the potential to seriously harm a child’s health may at best be ignored and at worst remain unrecognized, if we fail to accept that social, economic and environmental factors are as important as biological disorders as causes of poor health in children.