Dhaka edn board chairman resigns

Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar has resigned, reports UNB.

Prof Tapan said he submitted his resignation letter to Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department Secretary.

Earlier on Sunday night, he announced his resignation after a section of HSC examinees besieged the board office remanding re-evaluation.

A group of students under the banner of 'HSC-Batch 2024' entered the Dhaka Education Board premises and staged a demonstration opposing the HSC results terming it 'discriminatory'.

Terming the results as discriminatory the students demanded the government to publish the results through mapping of all subjects.

On October 15, the results of HSC and its equivalent examinations were published.