Annual exams at govt secondary schools to resume Wednesday as teachers call off strike

Government secondary school teachers have temporarily suspended their ongoing work abstention, clearing the way for annual examinations to resume from Wednesday.

Due to the protest, scheduled annual exams could not be held in most schools across the country for the past two days.

Teachers under the banner of the Bangladesh Government Secondary Teachers’ Association began their work stoppage on Monday (1 Dec), pressing for four demands, including financial benefits and promotions.

As a result, annual examinations were disrupted in schools across Dhaka and other districts on Monday and Tuesday.

A visit to Government Science High School in Dhaka’s Farmgate area on Tuesday afternoon confirmed that annual exams for multiple classes had been cancelled.

Bangladesh currently has around 700 government secondary schools, including more than 300 institutions that were recently nationalised.

According to several sources, the exam boycott mainly affected long-established government schools.

The disruption has caused frustration and concern among parents whose children are facing annual assessments.