Dhaka Bureau: The annual examination and evaluation of government primary school students will be held from November 15 to 30. During this time, the annual evaluation program will continue in pre-primary and first-grade. There will be no examination in these two classes. And the students in the second to fifth grades will take an annual examination.
The Directorate of Primary Education has issued this instruction regarding the examination on Friday (November 4). This instruction was sent to all district primary education officers and upazila education officers in the country.
The Department of Primary Education has stated in the evaluation guidelines that the continuous evaluation guidelines are attached at the end of the First Class Teacher’s Guide. The guidelines are also uploaded on the website of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) (www.nctb.gov.bd). In addition, two MS Word and PDF files named Teacher Diary-1 and Teacher Diary-2 have been uploaded on that website, mentioning the number of learning results or achievement useful qualifications of each subject for conducting evaluation programs of teachers and saving information. Headmasters and teachers of primary schools can download the file, conduct the assessment process as per the instructions, and prepare the student’s learning progress report every quarter.
Primary Education has said that the assessment program for classes II, III, IV, and V should be conducted in the same manner as the summative assessment of 100 marks in each subject was conducted every quarter before the COVID situation.
It has been reported that school-, cluster-, or upazila-based question papers should be prepared by the subject teacher under the supervision of an assistant upazila or thana education officer, considering knowledge, understanding, and applied learning areas. Strict confidentiality must be maintained in this regard. No fee can be collected from students or parents for completing the assessment process.
According to the number of students in the school, the question paper should be composed on the computer. Incidental expenses, including question paper printing or photocopying and answer sheets, should be met from the auxiliary sector or slip fund of the school.
Earlier, the Ministry of Primary Mass Education had asked the Directorate of Primary Education to complete the annual examination and evaluation of primary schools by November 30.
