1.1m HSC exam answer scripts submitted for re-evaluation

A total of 1,087,413 answer scripts have been submitted for re-evaluation following the publication of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examination results.

A total of 291,209 students across the country’s 11 education boards applied for re-evaluation of their answer scripts.

According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), students sought re-evaluation in various subjects, including English and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Dhaka Education Board alone received 335,879 applications for re-evaluation.

As per the statistics from the Dhaka Board, 42,002 applications were submitted for each of the English First Paper and Second Paper examinations. ICT received 38,075 applications.

These were the two subjects with the highest number of re-evaluation applications at the Dhaka Board.

Explaining the low pass rates in English and ICT, Dhaka Board Chairman Prof Syed Akhtaruzzaman told BSS that examination administration and evaluation had been made fully objective and impartial over the past two years.

He also cited a shortage of teachers as a major factor. Many colleges do not have enough ICT teachers, while even some government colleges assign teachers from other disciplines to teach the subject due to a lack of subject-specific instructors.�"bdnews24