Thousands of students protested by entering the secretariat demanding the cancellation of the ongoing HSC and equivalent exams.
On Tuesday (August 20) around 2 pm, they ignored the police barrier and stormed through the gate of the Secretariat towards Zero Point. Entering the secretariat, the students started marching between buildings 6 and 11.
Students said we had been hanging for months for the one-and-a-half-month exam. They also informed us a few days ago that the exam will be on 11th September. Then why will it take another month for the exam? After that, there will be another month-long examination. If it takes so long, when they will publish the results? And when we will be admitted?
Later, a delegation of 10 members on behalf of the students entered the Ministry of Education to present a memorandum and discuss it with the Education Advisor.
Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, has assured the protesting students of a peaceful solution.
Earlier, in a meeting at the Ministry of Education on Tuesday, the remaining subjects of the HSC and equivalent examinations will be held in a half-question-and-answer format. And it was decided that the exam may be postponed by another 2 weeks from September 11.
The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by Wahiduddin Mahmud, education advisor to the interim government.
