Principals' conference at SSC exam venue!

When SSC examinees walk into the hall, most of them usually feel nervous, and all efforts are made to ensure there is no distraction.

The government even imposes section 144 around the examination centre during the public examinations like Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in order to provide the examinees a congenial atmosphere. No cars are allowed inside. Even the government officials cannot go inside the centres when the exams are going on.

The examinees, a centre secretary and invigilators are allowed inside an examination hall. Even the education minister before the beginning of the SSC exams urged the people and public representatives not to enter the centre for the sake of students.

But the scenario at the Azimpur Government Girls' School and College, a centre for SSC exam, was different yesterday. The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education arranged a conference and workshop in the educational institute compound where 327 college principals from all over the country attended at 9:00am.

The students sat for "Bangladesh o Biswa Porichoy" (Bangladesh studies and introduction to world) test at the venue starting at 10:00am.

On invitation, reporters, including The Daily Star correspondent, entered the venue to cover the programme when the exam ended around 1:00pm.

Asked why the programme was being held here during the SSC exams, Prof SM Wahiduzzaman, director general of the directorate, said, "All the cars entered the venue before the exam started. No one of us went near the halls so that the students do not face any hassle.”

Answering to another query on the choice of location, he said as they have a shortage of big auditoriums, they arranged the event there.