The HSC and equivalent examinations could not be completed completely due to the situation created after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government due to the quota reform movement and student uprising. Examination of some subjects has been conducted, examination of some subjects has been canceled due to the demands of students.
How the results of canceled examinations will be determined; The final decision has not been made yet. Morcha Inter Education Board Coordination Committee of 11 Education Boards is working on the matter.
According to Inter Education Board sources, the committee consisting of examination controllers and system analysts of the boards has prepared a proposal on how to produce results in subject mapping and sent it to the Ministry of Education. If the ministry approves it, the education boards will officially start the work of making the results.
Several members of the committee said anonymously that the proposals sent to the ministry have mentioned subject mapping and making results. It has been proposed to combine 75 percent marks of SSC and equivalent and 25 percent marks of JSC and equivalent on those subjects which have not been tested there or on subjects close to them. For this, the board has collected some information and documents required by the candidates. However, as the ministry did not give final approval, it was not possible to start work on that.
When asked, President of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and Dhaka Board Chairman Prof. Tapan Kumar Sarkar said, ‘What we have sent to the ministry is a proposal. If the ministry evaluates it and approves it, then so be it. If they make any additions and subtractions, then the process of making fruits will begin.’
In response to a question about how subject mapping has been mentioned in the proposal, he said, “It is inappropriate to talk about it before it is approved.” About 15 lakh students and their parents will be confused. The government may suggest something better than what we have proposed. That is why we are waiting. Now if the information is scattered about it, complications will be created.
Sources in the Ministry of Education say that last week, a proposal regarding the publication of results has been sent to the Ministry by the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee. The proposal is under serious scrutiny. The ministry will take a decision on this soon.
There were no more HSC exams after July 16, when violence broke out over the quota reform movement. After the fall of the government in the students’ uprising, the candidates demanded the cancellation of the subjects that were left to be examined.
After a continuous week of agitation, they entered the secretariat on August 20. The angry students at one stage entered the Ministry of Education and demanded the cancellation of the examination. In the face of their agitation, the rest of the exams were declared cancelled.
As such, even after 20 days of announcing the cancellation of the examination, the government could not decide on how and when the results will be published. The recommendations given by the education boards to the Ministry of Education have not been approved yet.
HSC and equivalent exams started on June 30. There were 14 lakh 50 thousand 790 candidates. After 8 days of examination as per the routine published in the first phase, all examinations on July 18 were postponed due to the situation surrounding the quota reform movement. After that, the government suspended the examination in three stages.
According to the schedule, a total of 61 subjects of 13 days of examination were left. Due to different subjects in different departments (Science, Humanities and Commerce), so many exams were postponed and later canceled on the demand of students.
Although all the students have to take the exam in 13 subjects. These include compulsory four subjects of Bengali and English (first and second papers) and ICT. Remaining 8 subjects are optional (department wise).
Except the Sylhet board, the other boards have given six required exams and some have given seven exams including a departmental exam. As a result, some six, some seven exams have been cancelled, all of which are departmental.
