effectively and successfully ensure replacement of the native low productive
cattle stock by different hi-yielding cross-breed variety stock, if the
restrictions and statutory control on expansion of AI services is removed by
amending breeding policy and allowing more players for a competitive
environment to ensure AI coverage at a maximum level following need based
door-step services against the govt. subsidy and centre based service
approach. Privatisation of AI along with the provision of service providers
can complement the govt. services in the grassroots level and contribute
largely to replace the low productive cattle, enhance growth and increase
production of milk and meat in the sector to meet the country’s huge unmet
demand and employment creation, specially, for the rural smallholder
households. Collaboration between govt. and NGOs/private sector for
extension of AI services, undertaking advanced researches, technological
sophistication, improving genetic potentiality and quality of cows by
selective cross breeding program is essential. Monitoring of services of the
sector, maintaining its quality and accountability under a regulatory body is
important for expected growth and improvement of the sector.
Education
1. A Study on the Effectiveness of SBA at Secondary Level in
Bangladesh
Dr. Sk. Md. Rezaul Karim, Associate Professor, Education, Govt. Teachers
Training College, Dhaka
School Based Assessment (SBA) is a critical tool to conduct formative
assessment in educational institutions. Due to lack of qualified professionals
in the school level and shortage of different required facilities conducting
SBA has been found challenging. To make SBA as an effective tool for
assessment in secondary level, the present performance level must be
known. This study has been focused on identification of present situation of
SBA system in the secondary level to measure its effectiveness. Traditional
system of assessment has been found not satisfactory to uncover the hidden
truth in understanding the progress of learners in the educational
institutions in the country. Hence, in place of traditional summative type
assessment new type of assessment is to be installed; like SBA system, which
belongs to formative type assessment. But every system or procedure must
be effective otherwise expected results could not be achieved. For better
outcome and to review the existing methods & tools, rate and quality of
progress, SBA has been started in the country in the year of 2007 in the
secondary level. The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the
SBA system from which limitations, drawbacks, loop holes and pitfalls of this
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