Following much criticism regarding the final evaluation of students in the new system of education, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has finalised a draft of the evaluation process.
Under the new evaluation process, the mid-term, yearly final and the public exams will continue for five hours. Each student will have to attend six sessions in five hours, and have to prove themselves to the evaluators.
In this system, four sessions will be practical and those will be evaluated instantly. Next one hour will be assigned for theoretical exams.
The answer papers for the theoretical exams will be sent to the respective boards for evaluation for public exams such as Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams.
Speaking to The Business Post, NCTB Chairman Prof Md Farhadul Islam said, “The NCTB finalised the evaluation process, and are currently waiting for the education minister’s approval. I am optimistic that the new evaluation process will secure approval in the next meeting.”
Meanwhile, NCTB Member (Curriculum) Prof Md Moshiuzzaman said, “The students from Class-4 to Class 12 will be evaluated in the same way. The final exams, either public or yearly final, will continue for five hours.
“At least 4 classes will be taken from the experience cycle, which the students learnt in their daily classes in the first phase (10am-2pm). Next one hour (3pm-4pm) will be fixed for practical exams. Our observers will make a checklist instantly for the first four hours’ practical exams.”
He added, “There will not be any marking system for any exams. The observatory bodies or evaluators will make the result sheet into three parts. There will be mid-term and final exams for each year for the students between Class-4 and Class-9.
“The SSC and HSC students will be evaluated by only the final exams. Class-9 students cannot be allowed to promote Class-10 but Class-11 students will be allowed to attend Class-12 if they fail. They will have the scope to attend the extra exams next year.”
Md Moshiuzzaman then pointed out, “We have finalised everything. There will be some changes if the minister wants. Otherwise, this draft is the final. We also got approval from the experts committee about this draft.”
What’s the new curriculum?
All students from classes VI to X have to study ten common subjects, while the SSC examination will be based on the syllabus of class X only. At present, the public exam is conducted on the basis of the syllabuses for classes IX and X.
There will be two public examinations in classes XI and XII – meaning public examinations will be held at the end of each year. And the final result of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) will be published by combining the results of these two examinations.
In 2023, students of classes I, II, VI and VII received textbooks under the new curriculum. Students of classes III, IV, VIII and IX got the new books in 2024, and the 5th and 10th graders will receive new textbooks in the next year.
The ministry will provide the new books to the students of class XI in 2026 and class XII in 2027. As a result, students will participate in SSC examinations under the new curriculum from 2026, and the HSC exams from 2028.
Students of class I-III will get their result from their performances in classes. Students of classes IV and V will get 40 per cent marks for Bangla, English, Math and Science subjects on the basis of their performance in classes, while 60 per cent will be determined by annual examinations.
All marks in Physical and Mental Health, and Religion subjects will be based on class performances only.
For students of classes VI-VIII, 60 per cent mark in Bangla, English, Math, Science and Social Sciences subjects will be based on class performance, and the remaining 40 per cent will be determined on the basis of their performance in annual exams.
Full marks in subjects, such as Life and livelihood, Science and Technology, Physical and Mental Health, Religion, Arts and Culture, will be given on the basis of class performance.
Students of classes IX and X will get 50 per cent of the marks in Bangla, English, Math, Science and Social Sciences on the basis of the class performance, and the remaining 50 per cent marks will be given on the basis of annual and public exams, respectively.
Their full scores in Life and Livelihood, Science and Technology, Physical and Mental Health, Religion, Arts and Culture subjects will be determined on the basis of class performance.
For students of class XI and XII, 30 per cent of the marks in all their subjects will be given to class performance, and the remaining 70 per cent will be calculated based on their performance in public examinations.
