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SECONDARY EDUCATION

Secondary education is divided into three stages; junior secondary, secondary, and higher secondary.  One of four Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) located in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Comilla, and Jessore sets the curricula, syllabi, and administers examinations for the secondary and higher secondary stages.
 
For education at the junior secondary stage, the language of instruction is Bangla, and the curriculum up to Class VIII is uniform. Secondary-level (or “high school”) instruction has both a general education component and a specialization, or stream;  in classes IX and X , students enter either a science or humanities stream, but students in both streams take common compulsory courses.  Upon completion of secondary education, students are required to take examinations for the award of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC).  After successfully completing these examinations, students may continue their studies at the higher secondary level.
 
AGE OF ADMISSION
Age 11
 
LENGTH
Five years
 
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
Exact hours or number of periods per subject are not available at this time.

Lower Secondary Curriculum (Classes VI Through VIII)

  • Bangla
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • General Science
  • Social Studies
  • Religious Education

Secondary Curriculum (Classes IX and X)

Compulsory for both streams:

  • Bangla
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Geography
  • Environmental Studies
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Religious Studies
  • Home Economics (girls)

Science Stream only:

  • General Sciences

Humanities Stream only:

  • History
  • Economics
  • Civics
ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION
Students are continuously assessed through coursework, projects, and annual and semester examinations.
 
GRADING SCALE

Division

Percentile

WES Equivalency

First

Minimum 60%

A

Second

Minimum 45%

B

Pass

Minimum 33%

C

Fail

32% and below

F

 


Revised: May 06, 2004 .
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