High school students today laid siege to Chattogram Education Board demanding to shorten the syllabus of annual exams for classes six to nine by half and take the exams in 50 marks and others

The authorities are working on a proposal to publish HSC results through subject mapping – a process in which the scores of six cancelled tests will be based on the students’ SSC and JSC grades, sources at multiple education boards have said. 

A group of residential students of several dormitories at Dhaka University took an initiative to organise a "mass marriage" programme for hall students

The protesters criticised the ongoing practice of appointing VCs from Dhaka University

This year’s annual exams for classes six to nine will be conducted under a shortened syllabus, according to the guidelines issued by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) yesterday.

The education ministry has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to form a committee to investigate any irregularities in the cluster admission tests of general and science and technology universities

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order staying a government decision that had reconstituted the trustee board of North South University (NSU) in 2022

Wahiduddin Mahmud labelled such practices as "completely unacceptable"

The education ministry has reinstated the stream-based system at the secondary level, reinstating science, humanities, and business studies groups that were scrapped under the new curriculum introduced by the previous government.

The High Court today refused to accept a writ petition that sought its order on the government to reform the education system at the secondary school level

Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University “for the time being”

Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University.

Education adviser to the interim government, Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud, said yesterday that forcing individuals in educational institutions to resign could lead to the collapse of the administrative system.

The government yesterday cancelled the previously postponed Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations after hundreds of students entered the Secretariat and demonstrated for hours.

Khulna University (KU) Vice Chancellor Prof Md Mahmood Hossain and Barishal University (BU) Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Badruzzaman Bhuiyan have resigned

In the face of student protests, the government today cancelled all remaining HSC and equivalent examinations

The examinations of the rest of the subjects of HSC and equivalent examinations will be held on half the number of questions

The Ministry of Education has asked the authorities concerned to reopen all the educational institutions in the country and resume academic activities from today (Sunday)

Public universities are set to reopen today amid a vacuum in the administrations after the resignation of at least 20 vice-chancellors, 10 pro-vice-chancellors, and many other officials.

The interim government yesterday ordered all educational institutions across Bangladesh to resume academic activities on August 18 and published a new schedule for the deferred Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams.