Re-checking SSC Answer Sheets
Record number of applications this year
A record number of applications for re-checking the answer sheets of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were received in the country's education boards this year thanks to technology.
The 10 education boards recorded around 75,000 applications sent by Short Messaging Service (SMS) using the service providing telecommunication company Teletalk with a charge of Tk 125 for each subject.
Dhaka Education Board alone received 21,800 applications, said the board officials. Each year, the boards receive only around 15,000 to 20,000 applications in total for re-checking.
Formerly, students who either failed to pass or did not achieve desired results had to apply for the re-checking by going to the respective board, filling up an application form and depositing the desired money in a bank.
"Now the hassle is over as all the students needed to do is send an SMS from their mobile phones," said Syed Sadik Jahidul Islam, controller of Dhaka Education Board and chief of Inter-Education Board Exam Controller Sub Committee.
The controller and the board officials believe the huge number of applications was due to the easy application process ensured by the use of mobile phones.
Around 13.07 lakh students from 26,225 institutions appeared in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations and of them, 10.75 lakh passed. A total of 2,31,269 examinees under 10 education boards failed to pass.
The date of applying for the re-checking ended on May 21.
Rajshahi Education Board received 7,039 applications while the number was 16,000 in Jessore; 8,084 in Chittagong, 4,879 in Comilla; 1,200 in Sylhet; 1,000 in Barisal; 7,303 in Dinajpur; 6,000 under Madrasa Education Board; and 1,200 under Technical Education Board, says board statistics.
The boards already asked all head examiners and other examiners concerned to start re-checking the answer sheets from next week, said an official of Dhaka Board.
The re-checking result would be published before admission begins in colleges, he said, adding that the students have to collect their results from their respective boards.
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