SANGSAD BHABAN, Jan 19, 2021 (BSS) – Intermediate and Secondary Education Amendment Bill, 2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad with an effort to remove legal barriers on the way to publish the results of the Higher secondaryCertificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations by January 28.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni today placed the bill in the House with Speaker of the Jatiya SangsadDr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Piloting the bill, the minister said the bill has been placed to promulgate ordinance amending the ‘Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961’.
At one stage, opposition lawmaker Fakhrul Imam took the floor and opposed placing such kind of act in the parliament.
Earlier on January 11, the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved amending the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961, Bangladesh Vocational Education Board Act 2018 and Madrasa Education Board Act 2020 allowing the education boards to publish results without holding examinations during any crisis.
The minister also placed other two bills in the house –‘Bangladesh Vocational Education Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ and ‘Bangladesh MadrasahEducation Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021’.
Dr Dipu Moni placed these bills and urged the house to sent the bills to the parliamentary standing committee on the education ministry for further assessment.
The parliamentary committee was asked to submit its reports on ‘Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ within one day while ‘Bangladesh Vocational Education Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ and ‘Bangladesh MadrasahEducation Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ within two days.
‘Bangladesh Vocational Education Board Act 2018’ and ‘Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board Act 2020’ will also be amended to frame other two proposed acts.
While placing the bill, the education minister said as per the existing laws, there is no provision to publish the results of HSC and equivalent exams without holding tests.
Since it is not possible to hold examinations during the Covid-19 pandemic, the amendment bills were placed, she added.
The results will be published after coordinating 75 percent of the SSC and 25 percent of JSC-JDC results, said the minister.
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations were postponed this year due to Covid-19 situation.