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Bangladesh is losing real connection with science in education

  Science is knowledge attained by observation and experimental investigation to dispel misunderstanding and ignorance. Not only scientific knowledge is necessary to solve practical problems but a scientific outlook on life also enables making informed decisions - both individually and collectively. But the current trend of teaching science in the secondary level in Bangladesh has shown to put more emphasis in preparing students for competitive exams, not for building a scientific psyche. Therefore, currently science education is directed towards job market rather than knowledge generation. Observing the “Scientific method” in everyday life enables everyone to better understand their surroundings, enlarges their capacity of critical thinking and exercise better surveillance upon their own lives and society. And in the field of research, such method produces new inventions and discoveries. Unfortunately, most students enrolled under the science faculty in schools and colleges fail to