Govt has a plan to constitute separate primary education board : Minister

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SANGSAD BHABAN, Feb 17, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Primary and Mass
Education M Zakir Hossen today said the government has a plan to constitute
separate education board in order to operate the Primary Education Completion
(PEC) Examination.

“The government has a plan to constitute separate board to administer PEC
exams under the Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP)-4,” the state
minister said this while responding to a starred question placed by treasury
bench lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury of Bhola-3 in the House with Speaker Dr
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

The board will be constituted within next 2022, said the minister, adding that
the non-formal education act-2014 has already been enacted.

The important part of the act is to establish non-formal education board, he
added.