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Schools, colleges open on May 5
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04 May 2024, 21:13
The Ministry of Education has announced to resume classes in all educational institutions including secondary schools, colleges and madrasas across the country from Sunday (May 5).
MA Khair, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the ministry, confirmed the matter in a press release on Saturday evening (May 4).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has already said that primary schools will will also resume operations from Sunday (May 5).
However, pre-primary classes will remain closed until further notice. In addition, the assembly (daily assembly) will be closed until the heatwave comes to a tolerable level.
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He said that the SEA-ME-WE-5 cable broke down in the sea coast of Indonesia at midnight last Friday. They take a little more time for administrative work. All in all, they said, the work can be done amid of the third or fourth week of next month.
Primary schools to reopen across Bangladesh from Sunday
Primary schools across the country will reopen from Sunday (April 28), the day also scheduled for reopening high schools and colleges amid the ongoing heat wave across the country.
This information was given in a notification sent by Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin, Senior Information Officer of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on Saturday noon.
According to the notification, the class time has been reduced from 8am to 11:30am. Class activities will continue in government primary schools from April 28.
However, the schools with one shift will complete Class activities from 8:00am to 11:30am. The schools with two shifts will complete Class activities between 8:00am and 9:30 for the first shift and between 9:45am and 11:30am for the second shift.
A notification from the Ministry of Education on Thursday (April 25) said that class activities will continue on Saturdays of every week until further instructions to meet the learning deficit created due to the closure of class activities due to heat wave and other reasons and to achieve learning results according to the new curriculum.
Sohel Atol receives Dhaka Sub Editors Council Literary Award
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Journalist and writer Sohel Atol received the literature award in the story-novel category this year. He won this literary award for his biography of singer Asif Akbar "Akbar Fifty Not Out".
The award was announced at the organization's biennial conference at the National Press Club today, April 28. The literary award was announced in the presence of former president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, president of Dhaka Sub Editors Council Mamun Farazi and other leaders of journalist organizations.
Accepting the award, journalist and writer Sohel Atol said, “It is a pleasure to receive the award. Inspirational for the writer. Expressing gratitude to Dhaka Sub Editors Council and Jury Board.”
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School-goers are getting sick amid Heatwave
Classes started in the classroom from today (April 28) amid severe heat wave. Classes are going on as usual in secondary schools, colleges, madrasas and technical educational institutions. However, parents have expressed dissatisfaction over the opening of schools amid the ongoing heatwave. They said that considering the children, the government could have opened the school at least a week later.
On Sunday (April 28) morning, it was seen at the gates of various schools in the capital that parents were delivering their children along with water and juice. At the same time, he gave various advice to stay healthy in the summer. They also warned not to go out of class in the heatwave, not to play sports in the field or even to run with friends.
Many parents were not in favor of opening educational institutions in the scorching heat. They fear that children may get sick in the heatwave.
Aklima Begum, a parent of Donia A.K School and College, said that she is worried about her child to send school in this heat. After a week or 10 days, the temperature may drop. 'What if I waited a little longer. I don't support it personally' she added.
Umme Kulsum is a third-grade student of Motijheel Ideal School and College. Her classes started at 7 a.m. and ended at 9:40 a.m. At the end of the holiday, this student vomited and became a little sick. The mother who brought him to school became worried.
Not only Umme Kulsum, several students of this school fell sick after coming to school in the intense heatwave. Parents said that they are getting tired while traveling. Teachers said most of the students are not comfortable attending classes. Parents claimed that it is better to close the school or take online classes in this intensity of heat.
Anamika is a Class IV student of Ideal School. His father Mohsin said, 'Adults cannot survive in this heat. It's hard to imagine how kids attend classes there.'
HC orders closure of schools, madrasas till May 2
The High Court has ordered the closure of primary, secondary schools and madrasa classes till Thursday (May 2) amid the ongoing heat wave.
The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order on Monday (April 29).
Heatwave is affecting the whole country. The humidity in the air has also increased.
In this situation the met office again issued a 72-hour heat alert across the country on Sunday.
However, the institutions which have air conditioning system can stay open if their authorities want, according to a notification announced by the Ministry of Education in a circular on Sunday.
SSC, equivalent exam results to publish on May 12
The results of this year's SSC and equivalent examinations will be published on May 12.
This information was revealed in a letter sent to education secretary from the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (May 2).
PM Sheikh Hasina expected to participate in the result publication ceremony from Ganabhaban at 10am on May 12. PM's Assistant Personal Secretary-1, Ismat Mahmuda signed the letter.
Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel will hand over a summary of the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 10 am on May 12. The chairmen of 9 education boards will be present there during that time
On February 15, the SSC and equivalent examinations started simultaneously across the country. The written test ended on March 12. The practical test was held from March 13 to March 20.
A total of 20 lakh 24 thousand 192 examinees sat in the SSC, Dakhil, SSC (Vocational) and Dakhil (Vocational) exams under 11 education boards across the country.
