82,383 students get primary scholarship

The results of scholarship examinations of primary school students were published on Tuesday. 

A total of 82,383 students got scholarships in two categories -- talent pool and general -- on the basis of their results in the exams held in December last year.

Md Zakir Hossain, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, announced the results at a press conference at Secretariat. 

The State Minister said, this year 33,000 students got talent pool scholarships and 49,383 received general scholarships.   

The results are available at Primary Education Directorate’s website www.dpe.gov.bd and the Education Ministry’s website www.mopme.gov.bd. 

Around 483,759 students of Class V sat for the examination held on December 30 last year. 

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.