Over 160,000 absent from English test on first day of primary completion exams

As many as 160,168 fifth graders have stayed away from the English test on the first day of the Primary Education Completion or PEC exams across Bangladesh.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 18 Nov 2018, 05:51 PM
Updated : 18 Nov 2018, 05:52 PM

No student was expelled, the Directorate of Primary Education said on Sunday night.

The test was held from 10am to 1pm at 7,410 centres.

The absent students included 117,753 or 4 percent from schools, and 42,415 or 13.28 percent from Ebtedayee madrasas, according to the directrate.

A little over 3 million students have registered for the exams this year.