Staff Correspondent:
The results of the scholarship examination of fifth grade students in primary schools will be published between February 25 and 28.
Farid Ahmed, secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, came up with the information on Tuesday at a press conference organized in the conference room of the ministry on Tuesday.A press conference was organized on initiatives and achievements of primary education.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain was present at the press conference.
Fifth graders in schools across Bangladesh took part in the primary school scholarship exam on December 30 after a gap of 13 years.
At least 33,000 students will receive a talent-pool stipend and 49,500 students will receive a general stipend if they succeed in the exam.
Previously, fifth graders were able to undertake the exams at the end of grade 5 in a bid to secure a scholarship for their secondary education.
But the introduction of the Primary Education Certificate exams in 2009 spelt the end of the separate scholarship exam. Students subsequently received a government stipend on the basis of their performance in the PEC exams.
The last PEC exam was held in 2019. Based on the results of the exam, more than 80,000 students were awarded a stipend in February 2020.
However, the PEC exam has not been held for the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Later, the government announced that the test would be scrapped as a new curriculum was on the way.

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