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Published : 10 Oct 2024, 01:48 PM
The wait for the results of this year's HSC and equivalent exams is set to end on Oct 15. Students will once again be able to access their scores at educational institutions and online.
In previous years, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina would formally publish the results. However, the current interim government has not announced any similar plans for this year's release.
On Wednesday, the Dhaka Education Board said students will be able to access their results online at www.dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd and www.educationboardresults.gov.bd.
On these websites, students need to navigate to the 'result corner,' select their educational institution, and enter their details.
Additionally, results can be obtained via SMS. To do so, students should send an SMS in the following format: HSC<space>the first three letters of the education board<space>roll number<space>2024 to 16222, and they will receive their results in a reply.
This year, more than 1.45 million students have been awaiting the results. The exams were initially suspended due to disruptions caused by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement protests, and tests were conducted for only seven subjects.
The Education Ministry later announced that the remaining exams would not take place.
Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar, president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of the Dhaka Education Board, said that subjects for which exams were held will be evaluated based on the exam scripts.
Subjects for which exams were not conducted will be assessed through subject mapping based on SSC results, he added.
The HSC and equivalent exams for 10 education boards started on Jun 30. However, the Sylhet Education Board’s exams were delayed to Jul 9 due to flooding in the region.
After seven tests were held, schools, colleges and universities were shut indefinitely on Jul 16 amid the spread of violence surrounding the quota reform movement. Initially, the HSC and equivalent exam on Jul 18 was postponed.
As the situation deteriorated further, the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee deferred all higher secondary exams until Aug 1.
If conditions improved, the HSC and equivalent exams were initially set to resume on Aug 4 according to the announced schedule. However, these exams were later postponed again.
Another spell of violence occurred after the fall of the Awami League government, leading to damage to some exam centres and the burning of question papers. This delayed the exams further.
The postponed exams were then slated to start on Sept 11, with a new schedule released by the authorities.
However, many students, uninterested in taking the exams, participated in protests demanding they be scrapped.
Ultimately, the interim government decided to postpone the exams by two weeks, with an abridged question paper.
On Aug 20, over 500 candidates stormed the Secretariat, demanding the cancellation of the exams and refusing to participate in them.
That same day, the government acquiesced to their demands and announced that the remaining exams would not be held.
