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BANDARBAN, April 10, 2026 (BSS) - A two-day training workshop on astronomy for teachers began here in the district today.

Deputy Commissioner Md. Saniul Ferdous inaugurated the workshop at Bandarban Collectorate School and College.

The training is being organized by the Bangladesh Team of the National Outreach Coordinator under the International Astronomical Union's Office for Astronomy Education and Office for Astronomy Outreach, with support from the Bandarban district administration.

Speaking at the inaugural session, the Deputy Commissioner said such training would help teachers develop greater expertise in astronomy and enable them to effectively share that knowledge with students. As a result, students would be able to enhance their skills through modern scientific learning.

A total of 30 teachers from various educational institutions in Bandarban Sadar are taking part in the two-day programme.

The training includes detailed sessions on lunar and solar eclipses, the solar system, the motion of the sun, sundials, the position of the Earth, and celestial objects such as stars and planets. Participants are also being introduced to game-based learning and various educational websites.

One of the key features of the workshop is its hands-on learning activities. These include building a pocket solar system, observing phases of the moon and eclipses, constructing an equatorial sundial, demonstrating spacetime and gravity wells, determining our position in the universe, measuring distances using the parallax method, and identifying constellations using Stellarium software.

Among others, Professor Dr. Farsim Mannan Mohammadi of BUET's Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Professor Dr. Ujjal Kumar Deb of CUET's Mathematics Department, Additional Deputy Commissioner Abu Taleb, and Additional District Magistrate S.M. Hasan attended the programme.

Organisers told BSS that the knowledge gained from the training would be disseminated by teachers among their students, which would play a vital role in promoting science education, curiosity, and interest in astronomy at the grassroots level.