Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Tuesday (11 August) said despite various crises in the education sector, this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results were good.
He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium.
Milon said, "We are working with a fragile education system. Over the past 20 years, we have fallen further behind. The shortage of teachers is alarming."
"Despite so many crises in the education sector, this result is certainly good. The government was working to address the country's fragile education system," he added.
Commenting on the decline in the SSC pass rate this year, he said it would be wrong to describe the result as a drop in standards. The minister said the results had been determined through genuine assessment of students' performance.
"You cannot say the SSC results have dropped. Can students be forced to pass?" he questioned.
He added that the impact of the education sector's long-standing problems was reflected in this year's results.
SM/CitizenTimes
