Education-adviser

HSC examinees have gathered outside the Bangladesh Secretariat after blocking the road at Science Lab intersection in the capital, pressing three demands, including the resignation of Education Adviser Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon. Police obstructed them there. At around 3 pm on Wednesday, the examinees began marching toward the Secretariat from Science Lab intersection. After 3:45 pm, when the students reached the area in front of the Secretariat, police stopped them with barricades. T...

Amid an intensified movement by HSC examinees, Education Adviser Dr. A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon has held a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. During the meeting, the education adviser is briefing the prime minister in detail on the overall situation. The meeting began Tuesday afternoon at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The students took to the streets mainly demanding the education adviser’s resignation over the holding of the HSC and equivalent examinations during adverse weather con...

HSC examinees leading the ongoing movement have announced a new program demanding the resignation of the education adviser. According to the program, they will observe a ‘March to the Ministry of Education’ on Wednesday. The announcement was made around 3 pm Tuesday by protesting students in Uttara. At the time, they issued an ultimatum demanding the resignation of Education Adviser A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon. Meanwhile, protesters staged a demonstration in the Dhaka University (DU) campu...

The government is considering scrapping all quota reservations for Class XI (higher secondary) admissions beginning this academic year, while retaining the existing GPA-based admission system. The proposal comes after authorities found that seats reserved for the children of freedom fighters have remained largely unfilled in recent years. The proposal also seeks to abolish the 2 percent quota reserved for the children of officials and employees of the Ministry of Education and its subordi...