Education
SSC exams under six boards for May 14, 15 postponed due to Mocha
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination scheduled for Sunday and Monday (May 14, 15) under six education boards were postponed as very severe cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to slam Bangladesh coast within the next 24 hours.
The six boards are the Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Jashore board, Barishal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education board and Technical Education board.
Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee issued a notice signed by its chairman Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Saturday.
Read: All preparations taken to face cyclone Mocha: PM Hasina
The SSC examinations of the other boards will be held as per schedule.
The revised schedule of the postponed exams will be announced later, it reads.
NU postpones all examinations of its colleges scheduled for Sunday due to Mocha
All examinations scheduled for Sunday (May 14) in colleges under the National University have been postponed due to the severe cyclonic storm Mocha in the Bay of Bengal.
The information was published in a press release sent by the Public Relations Office of the National University on Friday night.
According to the press release, the revised schedule of the postponed examination will be announced later through the notification.
Earlier, The Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee gave a direction which said that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam of Sunday (May 14) was postponed under five boards; Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Barisal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board and Technical Board.
The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha in east central bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards over the same area and was centred at 06 pm today about 930 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 860 kms south-southwest of Cox's Bazar port, 890 kms south-southwest of Mongla Port and 855 kms south southwest of Payra port.
Maritime ports of Cox's Bazar, Chattogram and Payra have been advised to lower local warning signal number 4 and instead hoist great danger signal number 8.
The coastal districts of Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Borguna and their offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal number 8.
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Sunday’s SSC exams of five boards postponed due to Mocha
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam of Sunday (May 14) has been postponed under five boards due to the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha in the Bay of Bengal.
The five boards are the Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Barisal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board and Technical Board.
Read more: Cyclone Mocha intensifies into very severe cyclonic storm: BMD
The Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee has given this directive in an office order signed by its chairman Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Friday.
Apart from the aforementioned education board, the examination of the rest boards will be held as scheduled.
The revised schedule of the postponed exams will be announced later, it reads.
Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’: Education boards urged to take cautionary measures
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka Chairman and Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee President Tapan Kumar Sarkar urged all concerned to take precautionary measures as the cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ intensified into a severe cyclonic storm.
A press release signed by Tapan Kumar Sarkar was issued on Thursday asking all boards to take the necessary measures and keep safe all examination-related secret goods.
Read: Cyclone Mocha: Maritime ports asked to hoist distant warning signal 2
However, the government is yet to take any decision on the postponement of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations due to the cyclonic storm 'Mocha'.
Meanwhile, maritime ports have been advised to keep hoisting distant warning signal no-2 (two) as the cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area and moved further North-Northwards.
It is likely to intensify further and move in a Northerly direction and intensify further till Friday morning, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its bulletin on Thursday.
BUP Int'l Model United Nations Conference begins
The seventh edition of the BUP International Model United Nations Conference 2023 began on Thursday.
The conference, organised by BUP Global Affairs Council, is an event that brings together students from across the globe to discuss and debate international issues. It will end on Sunday.
Brigadier General Muhammad Ali Talukder, Dean, Faculty of Security and Strategic Studies, was present as the chief guest while acting Chairman of the Department of International Relations, Shaila Solaiman, attended the event as the special guest.
The conference aims to create a pool of global citizens who can tackle the world's problems with confidence, empathy, and diplomacy.
The main theme of the conference is "Encouraging Safe and Ethical Technological Usages Through Global Cooperation to Reduce Violence, Civil and Geopolitical Conflicts."
More than 300 delegates from 40 national and international universities across the country and abroad will participate in the BUP International Conference.
BUPIMUN is the only integrated MUN conference in the country, where students from different backgrounds come together to engage in intellectual discussions and cultural exchange.
Nine committees of the conference will focus on different topics of the international system.
The conference follows the rules of integrated MUN, and two awards will be given, the Best Delegation Award and the Best Country Delegation Award, based on the delegates' overall performance and the committee's resolution.
Students besiege IU VC’s residence protesting attack on fellow student
A group of students of the law and land management department laid siege to the residence of the Islamic University vice-chancellor early Sunday protesting an attack on their fellow student in front of the university’s main entrance area.
Mubarak Hossain, a second year student under 2020-21 academic session, was severely injured in an attack carried out by a group of students of the university’s Islamic history and culture department on Saturday night.
Around 50 students of the law and land management department took position in front of the vice-chancellor's residence on the campus protesting at the attack and demanding immediate punishment of the accused involved in the incident.
On information, a team of IU proctorial body led by assistant proctor Shofiqul Islam went to the spot and brought the situation under control. The protesters later withdrew their demonstration as the proctorial body assured them of looking into the matter at around 12:30am.
The victim, however, lodged a written complaint with the university proctor Professor M Shahadat Hossain in this connection.
According to the complaint, there had been a dispute between Mubarak and Islamic History and culture department student Mushfiqur Rahman over celebrating their birthday on March 16.
As a sequel to the dispute, a group of 15 to 20 students led by Mushfiqur Rahman swooped on Mubarak with sticks and locally made sharp weapons while Mubarak was taking tea in front of the university’s main entrance area at around 10:00pm.
They beat Mubarak up with bamboo and sticks that left him seriously injured.
Later, other students of the university rescued Mubarak from the spot and took him to IU central hospital for treatment where the attending doctors shifted him to Kushtia General Hospital for better treatment, the complaint said.
Mubarak said that Mushfiqur and his cohorts attacked him with a view to killing him. He demanded their immediate punishment. Mushfiqur Rahman denied the allegation saying that the beating incident was false and fabricated and he had no involvement in any such incident.
IU proctor Professor M Shahadat Hossain Azad told UNB that they would take legal action against the accused involved in the incident after proper investigation.
DU admission test: Restrictions on vehicular movement in RU
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities are calling for some restrictions to control the movement of vehicles on the campus as Dhaka University (DU) 2022-2023 academic year admission test will be held on May 06 at Rajshahi University campus, said a press release signed by RU public relations office administrator Prof Pradip Kumar Panday.
The exam will start at 11 am and will continue till 12.30 pm.
The following restrictions are no vehicles will be allowed to enter the university after 9.30 am, Vehicles arriving for the needs of students will enter the campus through Kazla and Binodpur gates of the university and exit through the main gate, Sabash Bangladesh ground can be used for keeping vehicles if necessary. But it must be before 9.30 am, No vehicles will be allowed to ply on the roads connecting the academic buildings, Vehicles shall not be parked on any road or around the campus.
Students, parents and vehicle drivers are requested to abide by the above restrictions.
Education Minister warns of tough punishment if rumours are spread over SSC exams
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Sunday said stern action will be taken is anyone is found involved in spreading rumours over SSC question papers.
“There is no scope of question leak in the this year’s SSC and equivalent exams, but rumours might spread and those will face tough punishment who will be found involved in spreading rumours,” she said while talking to reporters after visiting Badda High School center in the capital on the first of the SSC and equivalent examinations.
Also Read: No chance of SSC question papers leaking: Dipu Moni
Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naoufel , Secretary to the Department of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) Soleman Khan, Directorate General of DSHE Nehal Ahmed and Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof. Tapan Kumar, among others, were also present there.
Social media platforms are being monitored round the clock to prevent spread of rumours, said Dipu Moni adding that action are being taken instantly if any attempt is made to spread rumours.
Replying to a question over the next year’s SSC exam schedule, she said efforts are there to hold the next year’s exams ahead but it will be done taking opinion from teachers across the country.
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams for 2023 began on Sunday across Bangladesh.
Also Read: Single admission test for universities from next year: Dipu Moni
SSC exams began at 10 am with Bangla 1st Paper.
According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 20,72,163 candidates are sitting for this year’s SSC and equivalent exams.
SSC 2023 exams begin today
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams for 2023 began today (April 30, 2023) across Bangladesh.
SSC exams began at 10 am with Bangla 1st Paper.
According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 20,72,163 candidates are sitting for this year’s SSC and equivalent exams.
Also Read: SSC, equivalent exams to begin Sunday
In order to ensure a conducive and peaceful environment, no one except the candidates will be allowed within 200 yards of the exam halls during the SSC exams, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said in a press release on April 27.
No chance of SSC question papers leaking: Dipu Moni
Emphasising that all preparations regarding tomorrow's SSC exam have been made, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said that there is no chance of questions leaking.
She made these remarks while inaugurating the newly constructed building of Dakshin Aicha Principal Nazrul Islam College of Bhola's Char Fasson Upazila on Saturday afternoon as chief guest.
"If anyone tries to spread rumour over leaking question papers, strict action will be taken," the minister added.
Regarding the nationalisation of private educational institutions, Dipu Moni said that whether private educational institutions will be nationalised or not is a matter of policy.
"The government is thinking about it. It needs to be analysed first because the financial factor is related to this," she added.
Abdullah Al Islam Jakob, a lawmaker of Bhola-4 constituency, spoke as a special guest on the occasion under the chair of Abul Hashem Mahajan, principal of South Aicha Principal Nazrul Islam College.
Earlier this day, Dipu Moni visited various development facilities in the area, including Sheikh Russell Children and Recreation Park, Jakob Tower, the country's first eco-friendly central Khasmahal Jame Mosque, and Begum Rahima Islam College.