Education Board chairmen to meet on HSC, equivalent exams

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bdnews24.com :
The chairmen of all education boards will meet on September 24 to find ways to run HSC and equivalent examination which were deferred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Md Abdus Salam, Chairman of Cumilla Education Board, said that he was asked to join the meeting led by Prof M Ziaul Haque, Chief of the education board coordination panel.
A separate decision will be taken on the evaluation

of eighth graders as the JSC and JCD exams had been cancelled, he said.
The HSC and equivalent exams, which were slated for April 1, were deferred amid the pandemic. The Kawmi madrasas have been allowed to reopen, but other educational institutions are closed until Oct 3.
An official of Dhaka Board said the authorities wanted to publish a new schedule for the HSC exams after the reopening of the institutions. “But it is yet to decide when the education institutes will reopen. In any case, the HSC exams will go ahead. The meeting on Thursday is likely to fix the final schedule of the HSC exams “.
The students will be informed about the schedule and other information at least 15 days prior to the exams, said the official.

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