Staff Reporter :
Secretary (Secondary and Higher Secondary Division) of the Education Ministry Sohrab Hossain on Tuesday said it was high time to remove the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) from the secondary and higher secondary level examinations.
The MCQ system inspires the teachers and institutions to resort to irregularities during the examination, the education secretary said.
He said it at a function marking the handover of six modified textbooks of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level on Tuesday.
“I think the MCQ method should be deleted. It is, however, my personal opinion. We will definitely sit with educationists about the issue,” Sohrab Hossain said.
“We have received reports that sometimes schools convince the invigilators to ensure that all the examinees get 30 out of 30 marks in the MCQ part. Some teachers give pass marks to students for money,” said the secretary in defence of his suggestion. “We have often seen that a student gets above 80 marks in all subjects, but he failed for getting less than 10 out of 30 marks allocated for multiple choice questions,” he said. The education ministry has already cut down the MCQ part in Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate Examinations to 30 questions amid widespread allegations of question leaks. The section now carries 10 marks only.
Students are made to fill up the MCQ sheets at the beginning of the board examinations to cut down the risks of question leaks.
Secretary (Secondary and Higher Secondary Division) of the Education Ministry Sohrab Hossain on Tuesday said it was high time to remove the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) from the secondary and higher secondary level examinations.
The MCQ system inspires the teachers and institutions to resort to irregularities during the examination, the education secretary said.
He said it at a function marking the handover of six modified textbooks of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level on Tuesday.
“I think the MCQ method should be deleted. It is, however, my personal opinion. We will definitely sit with educationists about the issue,” Sohrab Hossain said.
“We have received reports that sometimes schools convince the invigilators to ensure that all the examinees get 30 out of 30 marks in the MCQ part. Some teachers give pass marks to students for money,” said the secretary in defence of his suggestion. “We have often seen that a student gets above 80 marks in all subjects, but he failed for getting less than 10 out of 30 marks allocated for multiple choice questions,” he said. The education ministry has already cut down the MCQ part in Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate Examinations to 30 questions amid widespread allegations of question leaks. The section now carries 10 marks only.
Students are made to fill up the MCQ sheets at the beginning of the board examinations to cut down the risks of question leaks.
