Chattogram has recorded its heaviest rainfall in 42 years, and 3,000 families in the district have left their homes for shelters. The Teesta in the north is also close to its danger level. In all, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has forecast floods in at least 16 districts in five divisions of the country.
HSC candidates and their parents are worried. The English second paper exam will be held under the nine general education boards on Wednesday, 8 July, and there are exams under the madrasa and technical boards too. Teachers, students and parents are waiting to see what steps the education boards take.
Boards say preparations are in place
Professor Syed Aktaruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of the Dhaka board, told Jago News that the boards are aware of the disaster and flood situation and have made all preparations. Centre secretaries, local administrations, the power board and others concerned have been given the necessary instructions so that HSC candidates can complete their exams.
He said there are also instructions to bring candidates to places near their centres if needed to hold the exams, and immediate action will be taken if any district floods or the situation becomes severe.
The HSC and equivalent exams began simultaneously across the country on 2 July. A total of 12,70,583 candidates filled in forms, and the exams are being held at 2,697 centres.
Common question papers complicate postponement
This year, for the first time, the nine general education boards are using a common question paper. That makes it complicated to postpone exams in one region while holding them in another.
Those concerned say that because the same question paper is used, a postponement in one region because of flooding could mean postponing it on all boards, since holding the exam later with a different paper could raise new questions of discrimination.
Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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