News Desk :
The education ministry will determine the fate of this year’s Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Certificate and their equivalent exams after reviewing the COVID-19 situation.
“It’s quite natural that the exams will not be held in time as students couldn’t attend classes much due to the pandemic,” Education Minister Dipu Moni said at a news briefing in Dhaka on Monday. “The tests were expected to be held with an abbreviated syllabus in the middle of the year but the authorities have yet to finalise the decision.”
The omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading around the world, forcing governments to impose restrictions. Bangladesh has so far recorded 30 cases of the variant and announced a vaccine requirement for students, aged 12 and above, for in-person classes, reports bdnews24.com
Meantime, COVID-19 cases surged by 2,231 in a day to 1,595,931, while the death count rose by three in the same period to 28,105, according to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Health Services on Monday.
“The ministry will continue to review the overall COVID-19 situation and in-person classes. Exams will be held when the situation improves,” Dipu Moni said.
The education ministry will announce the final schedule at least two months before the start of the tests, she said.
Meanwhile, all the students, aged 12 or above, will be vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine by January 31 so that they can attend schools and colleges,
said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday. Addressing a press briefing at the secretariat, the education minister said 48,19,554 students have been vaccinated against Covid so far.
“Those who have not been vaccinated yet will join classes online after January 12 and they’ll be allowed to attend classes after receiving the vaccine,” she told journalists, reports UNB.
“As we’ve planned, we hope it’ll be possible to complete the vaccination of students in 397 upazilas by January 15, in three upazilas by January 17, in 56 upazilas by January 20, in 15 upazilas by January 22, in 35 upazilas by January 25 and 11 upazilas by 31st January.”
“In other words, by January 31, we’ll be able to vaccinate 75,54,606 students with the first dose at least,” she added.
