Full-fledged physical classes in secondary and higher secondary-level educational institutions will resume from March 15, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Saturday.  Dipu Moni made the announcement while inaugurating ‘Lila Nag building’ at Sher E Bangla Balika Mahabidyalaya in the city’s Tikatuli area.  “The number of exams will reduce with the introduction of new curricula which will remove the fear of exams among the students. We will be able to come out of examinations-dependent evaluation system as evaluation will be done on a daily basis.” READ: Female students fare much better in exams: Dipu Moni “A limited-scale exam will be taken at the year’s end but the final evaluation will be done coordinating students’ performance round the year,” she added.  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic educational institutions in the country remained closed for around two years . After a 17-month closure, students in Bangladesh had briefly returned to their classrooms on September 12 last year. Again, on January 21, the government announced that all schools and colleges in Bangladesh would remain closed from January 21 to February 6 amid a renewed surge in Covid-19 cases largely due to the new Omicron variant. The shutdown was extended till February 20 for the safety of the students as the virus continued to spread. READ: MPO for new educational institutions to be announced this month: Dipu Moni After a month-long shutdown, all secondary, higher secondary and university-level institutions in Bangladesh reopened on February 22 for physical classes. However, primary schools in Bangladesh reopened for limited-scale in-person classes on March 2.

In-person classes at all secondary schools may start full from mid this month as the Covid cases are declining, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Friday. “We hope to start classes in full swing in the middle of this month,”  Dipu told reporters after attending  'Study in India' event hosted by Indian High Commission in Dhaka. She said, “We are evaluating students gradually. We will give assignments to the students, if needed.” READ: In-person classes at primary schools to resume Wednesday She hoped that the classes of secondary schools will return to normal within a  short time. She also spoke about 'blended learning'. "We are preparing a national policy in this regard," said Dipu adding that she will hand it over to the prime minister on March 26. Regarding the admission in medical colleges on short syllabus, the minister said the  test should be held in the revised syllabus. “I have talked to Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) about this, I will talk again.” Earlier, the minister visited the stalls of various universities of India at the event where the study environment and facilities for the Bangladeshi students in those universities were displayed.