8th graders’ to get promotion following school evaluation

Prof Ziaul Haque, chairman of Dhaka Education Board and chief of Inter-Education Board Coordination Subcommittee said, there will be no auto-promotion. The class-8 students will be promoted to class-9 as per evaluation by their respective educational institutions.

The board chairman said this on Thursday (September 24).

He said, auto-promotion will not be implemented in class eight to nine. Besides, decision about the class five and six will be announced from Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education.

“There will be no auto-promotion. Students will be promoted as per class evaluation. Everything will be done through evaluation. However, the evaluation process is not cleared yet,” he added.