Classes to be held both online, offline: Education minister

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon today said classes in urban areas will be conducted through a blended system -- both offline and online -- to help save power amid the US-Israel war on Iran leading to a global crisis.

“We will run classes in urban areas in both offline and online modes to save power,” he said while speaking at a views-exchange meeting with centre secretaries of the Cumilla Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, as well as technical and madrasa boards of the region, at the Cumilla Shilpakala Academy.

The minister said a meeting with guardians will be held tomorrow to finalise the plan and gather feedback.

Highlighting the broader shift in the education system, he said the sector is moving towards a “penless and paperless” model, adding that the government aims to advance in line with modern information technology.

Addressing the issue of exam malpractice, the minister said that adopting unfair means has existed since 1972, but stressed that it will be strictly prevented this time. “We stopped it in 2001-2006, and we will not allow it again,” he said, urging teachers to play a proactive role in eliminating it completely.