Brief History of Education Discipline, Khulna University
The Institute
of Education and Research is one of the several institutes of Khulna
University. The Institute of Education and Research (IER) was established in 2015 following resolution No. 9 of the
180th meeting of the Khulna University syndicate. The academic activities of
IER started in July 2017 by opening a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in
Education (PGDEd) and a one-and-a-half-year Master of Education (MEd) program directed
toward primary and secondary school teachers. The four-year Bachelor of Education (Honors) was introduced in January 2019. This also marks the beginning
of the bachelor program at IER. Institute
of Educational and Research operations
as a prime higher education institution offering undergraduate and
graduate degrees in education, conducting educational research, as well as
participating in the teaching-learning discourse. Following the Khulna
University Act 1990, article 28, sub-article 1 (Ja), resolution No. 20 of the 198th
meeting of the Khulna University syndicate established the Education School and gave the Institute of Education and Research the status of a discipline under it. The Academic Council Meeting 179 resolution no. 54 syndicate 221st, named the discipline as Education Discipline.