Thirty-six eminent citizens today expressed concern over the government’s initiative to form an education board for holding Primary Education Completion Exams (PECE).

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent exams “are not supposed to stay” once the new curriculum is implemented.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked Unesco to declare remote learning and online education as a global public good as these are creating a new divide.

Changes have been brought to the admission test for first year honours students for the academic session of 2020-21 of Jahangirnagar University.

The government cancelled this year’s Primary Education Completion Examinations and its equivalent exams due to the pandemic.

The government has cancelled this year's Primary Education Completion and its equivalent exams due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said there is no scope for further shortening syllabuses of this year’s SSC and HSC exams.

In a sweeping change to primary and secondary curriculum, the government is going to scrap all public exams before class 10 and all exams till class 3.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping up with global educational advancement, as she witnessed a presentation of the draft outline of the national education framework.

There is no one “young people”. In this country, we have young people from various backgrounds, rural and urban, as well as varied economic conditions.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all primary and kindergarten schools across the country till August 31.

The government has extended the ongoing closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till August 31 as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

Owners of private universities today urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to cancel the 15 percent income tax on the universities, terming it “unacceptable”.

Education Minister Dipu Moni told the parliament today the demand to open educational institutions during this high transmission period of Covid-19 pandemic is absurd.

The government asked British Council not to administer the Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations under Cambridge, scheduled to start in April this year, considering the current Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh.

Amid ongoing agitation by students, Dhaka University authorities yesterday decided not to hold any exams or reopen student dormitories before May 17.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has decided not to join a cluster to hold a uniform admission test; rather it would enrol students through its own admission tests like previous years.

The government will set up a dedicated television channel for technical education.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has extended the deadline till March 31 for the submission of application for the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service examination.

The government has published the shortened syllabuses for the examinees of this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations.