HSC exam postponed for indefinite  period

HSC exam postponed for indefinite  period

National Desk :    |    ০৬:২১ পিএম, ২০২৪-০৮-০৭

Rahul Raihan: The postponed HSC and equivalent examinations have been postponed indefinitely. Nothing has been informed about when the schedule of these postponed exams will be published.

This information was known from the order issued by the Secondary and Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday (August 7) ​​around 1 pm. It was signed by Syed A Z Morshed Ali, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry.

According to the order, in view of the letter from the Dhaka Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, the HSC and equivalent examinations to be held from August 11 have been postponed due to unavoidable reasons. New schedule of postponed exams will be announced later.

Earlier, when asked about the matter around 1 pm, President of Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and Chairman of Dhaka Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Prof. Tapan Kumar Sarkar said that actually there is no situation to conduct the exam now. That is why it is not possible to take the postponed exams in the new schedule. We have informed the ministry about the situation. They will issue orders accordingly and notify the matter.

Shortly after this, an official order was issued by the Ministry of Education to suspend the ongoing HSC and equivalent examinations for an indefinite period.

HSC and equivalent exams of all education boards except Sylhet board started on June 30. After 8 days of examinations as per routine, all examinations on July 18 were postponed due to the situation surrounding the quota reform movement. After that, the government suspended the examination for three more rounds.

According to the schedule, there are still 13 days of exams for a total of 61 subjects. So many exams are stuck due to different subjects of different departments. Although every student has to appear in 13 subjects. Among these four subjects of Bengali and English (first and second paper) and ICT are compulsory. 8 subjects are optional.

All the latest exams have been postponed and the new time table has been released from August 11. Accordingly, the written examination was scheduled to be completed on September 8. However, the boards said that there is no opportunity to examine the resignation of the government led by Sheikh Hasina in the mass movement and the current situation. Following the advice of the board officials, the HSC and equivalent examinations have been postponed for an indefinite period.

All police units have been ordered to join within 24 hours

Farooq Hossain: The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) instructed all units of Bangladesh Police to join their respective units within the next 24 hours. Moinul Islam.

He said these things in a press conference organized at the police headquarters on Wednesday (August 7) ​​afternoon.

He said that policemen across the country have been ordered to return to their respective police lines, offices, POMs and barracks by Thursday (August 8) evening.

The new IGP said that the police could not perform their duties as per the expectations of the countrymen, focusing on the logical movement of anti-discrimination students. Because of this, many people are angry. Many are not in their respective units. We want to start anew to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. So everyone is instructed to join within the next 24 hours i.e. Thursday evening.

Admitting that there were operational errors in suppressing the student movement, the IGP said that many people including students, common people and police were killed. I am sorry as IGP for everything.