Primary scholarship exam results between Feb 25-28

The results of scholarship examinations of primary school students will be published between February 25-28.

Farid Ahmmed, Secretary of Primary and Mass Education Ministry, said this at a press conference at Secretariat on Tuesday. Md Zakir Hossain, State Minister of the ministry, was present during this time. 

This year, around 600,000 students of Class V sat for the examination held in December 30. Of them, 80,000 will get the scholarships. 

The students took part in Bangla, English, Mathematics, and Science subjects in the scholarship examinations. The duration of the 100 marks exam was 2 hours.

It is mentionable that, the Primary and Mass Education Ministry introduced the Primary Education Certificate (PEC) exams in 2009. The PEC exams were not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Later, the government announced that there would not be any PEC and Junior School Certificate (JSC) exams under the new curriculum.