PEC Exams To Be Held if Schools Reopen in Sep or Oct: State Min

The state minister for primary and mass education on Tuesday said primary education completion (PEC) examinations will be held if the schools are opened in September or October.

Otherwise, students will be promoted without examinations like the previous years if the coronavirus situation remains out of control, Zakir Hossain said this while briefing newsmen at the secretariat.

When asked, the state minister said they are mulling over formulating short syllabus, which will be used in PEC examinations. If the examinations couldn’t be taken physically, results will be published through assessments of homework being given to the students as per syllabus.

About the roadmap of reopening school, Zakir Hossain said schools could not be opened all of a sudden.

All including prime minister, cabinet and Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will have to reach a collective decision in this regard, the state minister added.