Staff Reporter :
As the coronavirus pandemic has been badly affecting academic activities with uncertainty over the reopening of schools, the government is planning to shorten the syllabus for primary students.
The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) and The National Academy of Primary Education (NAPE) are working to slash the primary syllabus if the schools reopen in September.
NAPE and DPE are preparing a short syllabus keeping mind important chapter and class-based basic competencies of the students.
“We are working on the issue. We have asked DPE and NAPE to prepare a short syllabus, after calculating how many classes a student can get if the school reopen in September,” Primary and Mass Education State Minister Zakir Hossen said on Monday.
Zakir Hossen, while talking at a webinar organised by Education Reporters Association of Bangladesh on the challenge of Covid-19 on primary education, also said that DPE and NAPE are working on how the Primary Education Completion and other final exams can be taken.
He said that NAPE and DPE were asked to emphasise on taking measures so that any student can achieve class-based fundamental competence, and identify the important chapters that have a correlation with topics of next classes while preparing a short syllabus.
The government extended the closure of all educational institutions, which have been closed since March 17, until August 6 as a preventive measure against the further spread of the novel coronavirus.
On April 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the educational institutions may stay closed until September if the situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.
Educational activities of about 1.5 crore primary students are being hampered due to the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has also caused a delay in holding first-term exams of primary schools.
Many guardians were worried about how the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) for class-V students and other final exams will be taken as the pandemic ate up more than one-third of the academic year. “We yet to make any decision on reopening schools,” said Zakir.
“We do not have any plan to cancel the PECE exam so far. We have a plan of building a primary education board to bring exams up to date,” he added.
Zakir said that as an alternative, they are also keeping extension of the academic year to February 2021 as an option.
As the coronavirus pandemic has been badly affecting academic activities with uncertainty over the reopening of schools, the government is planning to shorten the syllabus for primary students.
The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) and The National Academy of Primary Education (NAPE) are working to slash the primary syllabus if the schools reopen in September.
NAPE and DPE are preparing a short syllabus keeping mind important chapter and class-based basic competencies of the students.
“We are working on the issue. We have asked DPE and NAPE to prepare a short syllabus, after calculating how many classes a student can get if the school reopen in September,” Primary and Mass Education State Minister Zakir Hossen said on Monday.
Zakir Hossen, while talking at a webinar organised by Education Reporters Association of Bangladesh on the challenge of Covid-19 on primary education, also said that DPE and NAPE are working on how the Primary Education Completion and other final exams can be taken.
He said that NAPE and DPE were asked to emphasise on taking measures so that any student can achieve class-based fundamental competence, and identify the important chapters that have a correlation with topics of next classes while preparing a short syllabus.
The government extended the closure of all educational institutions, which have been closed since March 17, until August 6 as a preventive measure against the further spread of the novel coronavirus.
On April 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the educational institutions may stay closed until September if the situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.
Educational activities of about 1.5 crore primary students are being hampered due to the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has also caused a delay in holding first-term exams of primary schools.
Many guardians were worried about how the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) for class-V students and other final exams will be taken as the pandemic ate up more than one-third of the academic year. “We yet to make any decision on reopening schools,” said Zakir.
“We do not have any plan to cancel the PECE exam so far. We have a plan of building a primary education board to bring exams up to date,” he added.
Zakir said that as an alternative, they are also keeping extension of the academic year to February 2021 as an option.
