Staff Reporter:
The SSC and equivalent examinations across the country begins from today.
Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon yesterday said the number of examiners has been increased to ensure transparency in the evaluation of SSC and equivalent examination answer scripts and to reduce excessive pressure on teachers.
He said at a press conference organized at the Ministry of Education yesterday. The minister said, “quali-ty of answer scripts evaluation will be maintained. The ministry has taken initiatives to ensure examiners have adequate time to check answer scripts.”
He also informed that in the past, teachers faced immense pressure to check a large number of scripts but were given very little time.
“We have determined a proportional rate for how many scripts a teacher can feasibly check. Teachers will no longer have to check scripts in a hurry.
They are being given sufficient time so that every student’s merit is accurately assessed,” he added.
The minister announced that a ‘random sampling’ method is being introduced this year to check for any errors or discrimination in answer script evaluation.
He further said, “Some scripts from each board will be randomly selected and re-evaluated by experts.
This process will identify whether any examiner is being overly strict or negligent. Our main goal is to ensure that no examinee is deprived of their deserved marks if the answers are correct.”
“The script-checking process has never been scrutinized like this before.
This year, alongside training examiners, we are emphasizing quality control of script evaluation,” he added.
Calling upon the examiners, the Minister said, “We have not given any directive to indiscriminately in-crease marks.
However, examiners must be ‘liberal’ or tolerant while checking scripts. If nine out of ten lines of an answer are correct, it should be awarded the appropriate marks. The future of students cannot be ruined through unnecessary harshness.”
Regarding examination-related laws and modern monitoring systems Dr. Milon informed that the ‘Public Examinations Act 1980’ is being amended to prevent question paper leaks and forgery.
