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The government has decided not to hold this year’s Junior School Certificate and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni announced this while talking to reporters after a plating saplings marking the Prime Minister’s 75th birthday at Dhaka Mohila Polytechnic Institute in city’s Agargaon on Tuesday.
She said the students will be promoted to the next level through annual examinations, confirmed Mohammad Abul Khair, public relations officer of the ministry of education to The Business Post.
Earlier on September 27, the government issued schedule for the SSC and HSC examinations.
SSC and HSC will begin from November 14 and December 2 respectively, according to the schedule.
The SSC examinations will end on November 23 while that of HSC on December 30. Referring to SSC and HSC examinations, the minister said “We have taken all-out preparation and I hope the examinations will be held in time as per the schedule.”
She advised the students to devote to gaining knowledge instead of running after GPA-5.
She said the students should prepare themselves for the fourth industrial revolution that has been initiated under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.
“Our prime minister has been working for the development of education,” she said adding that a nationwide tree plantation programme will be held across the country with students’s participation to commemorate PM’s birthday.
Dipu Moni said the government has decided to introduce new curricula in schools and colleges from 2023.
She said the piloting of the revised curricular will start in 2022 and it will be fully introduced by 2025.
