SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Age of Admission
• Length
• Program of Study
• Assessment and Promotion
• Grading Scale

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