HSC, equivalent results sans exams published

Dhaka, Jan 30 – The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent level classes of 2020 were published on Saturday. The results were officially announced at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka’s Segunbagicha around 10:30 am.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the programme through video conference from Ganobhaban.
The HSC results were evaluated based on the students’ Junior School Certificate (JSC), and Secondary School Certificate SSC results as no exam was held during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The results were published after coordinating 75 percent of the SSC and 25 percent from the JSC and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) results, said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni recently.
The cabinet earlier approved a draft bill for an amendment to the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961 allowing the education boards to publish results without holding exams amid any crisis.
Technical committee
In October, the education ministry formed a seven-member technical committee, headed by Nazmul Haque Khan, additional secretary of the ministry, for developing a method of evaluating the candidates based on their previous SSC and JSC results.
The HSC batch of 2020 will be the first batch of students who will get certificates without sitting for the exams as it is the first time in Bangladesh history that a public exam has been cancelled.
Educational institutions closure
The government has again extended the closure of educational institutions, except the Qawmi madrasas, until February 14 as there has been no significant improvement in the coronavirus situation in the country.
Education Minister Dipu Moni confirmed it in an official media release on Friday after consultation with others.
The government shut all the schools and educational institutions on March 17 last year after the country confirmed its first Covid-19 cases on March 8.
The closure was extended several times, most recently until January 30 this year to protect the students from the virus infections. – UNB