The Ministry of Education is making plans to keep this 12 months`s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examinations from 14 November and 1 December, respectively.
Exam schedules can be introduced any time because the Dhaka schooling board has already knowledgeable the ministry approximately their instruction and sought permission to post the timetables.
"We are geared up to manage the examinations any time. We have submitted our inspiration to the ministry and are actually awaiting its reply," stated Professor Nehal Ahmed, chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka.
The authorities has determined to keep this 12 months's SSC and HSC tests on 3 non-obligatory topics thinking about the setback due to the coronavirus pandemic.
There can be no tests at the obligatory and fourth topics. The examination time is 1.five hours and marks of the tests may also be 1/2 of.
Meanwhile, the Madrasa Education Board on Thursday introduced that Dhakhil examinations will start on 14 November. The tests will stop on 21 November.
Usually, SSC, Dhakhil and different equal examinations withinside the united states of america begin at the identical day.
The ministry is making plans to preserve up the exercise this 12 months too.
Prof Syed Golam Faruk, director standard of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education,
advised TBS that the ministry will restoration the dates of protecting the SSC and HSC examinations whilst schooling forums will post the timetables.
"SSC tests will begin on 14 November, if the Covid-19 scenario does now no longer worsen. HSC tests will begin 15 days after the begin of SSC tests," he stated.
The authorities has needed to defer this 12 months's SSC, HSC and equal examinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Otherwise, SSC and its equal tests are typically held in February and HSC in April.
Last 12 months, outcomes of HSC examinees have been decided on the premise in their preceding SSC and JSC outcomes whilst college students of different lessons were given automated promoting to subsequent lessons.
Sources on the schooling ministry stated a complete of twenty-two lakh college students beneathneath eleven schooling forums will take a seat down for the SSC tests and 14 lakh for HSC tests throughout the united states of america this 12 months.
Written exams to decide outcomes The ministry has determined to assess the SSC and HSC examinees on the premise in their overall performance in written exams only.
Assignments or situation mapping will now no longer be considered in figuring out outcomes if written tests are held.
"We have all of the preparations to keep SSC and HSC tests. We wish the scenario will enhance through this time," stated Prof Syed Golam Faruk.
If the pandemic scenario isn't favourable, the ministry will mull combining the outcomes of situation mapping for required topics, contemplating the outcomes of college students' preceding public examinations, and their overall performance in assignments.
SSC applicants can have to finish 24 assignments in 12 weeks beginning from this month. HSC
examinees need to publish 30 assignments.
No JSC, JDC tests
The schooling ministry became decided to keep the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations this 12 months and became making plans to keep the tests in November.
But, delays in taking vital tasks to keep the tests has prompted the ministry to backtrack.
An respectable of the ministry, wishing anonymity, advised TBS that the ministry has requested the schooling forums to stay busy with SSC and HSC tests only.
In case JSC and JDC examinations aren't held, college students of class-VIII will need to take annual tests on a brief syllabus to get promoted to the following class.
Students of different lessons additionally can be promoted withinside the identical way.
There are approximately 2 lakh academic establishments from number one to the better secondary stage of schooling withinside the united states of america, whilst the range of college students is round 4.five crore.
Students have been ordinarily farfar from instructional research seeing that 17 March as academic establishments remained closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Data acquired from the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education display that college students' presence became above 60% for some days after the reopening of tutorial establishments throughout
the united states of america, however the charge dropped later.
How to carry lower back misplaced college students?
Educationists worry a terrific range of college students can also additionally have dropped out because of closure of tutorial establishments for almost one and a 1/2 of years.
Pointing to the negative presence of college students at schools, they name for taking powerful measures to carry lower back the misplaced college students to lessons.
Prof Syed Golam Faruk of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, advised TBS they had been staring at the scenario. "We will make a choice after
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