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SSC grading in fog

Star Report
Parents, teachers and students are still confused about the grading system introduced in 2001.
Many guardians made phone calls to various newspaper offices, asking for clarification of the merit judgement system after this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results were published Wednesday.
"We suffered from uncertainty until we understood our daughter's result fully," said Afifa Rahman, a guardian of Dhanmondi. She said even teachers have no clear idea about the newsystem.
The education ministry issued a
notification for some changes in the grading system on January 4 this year.
The system, introduced in 2001 to measure students’ aptitude in the SSC, will be applied in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations this year.
The new grading system includes an additional letter grade A- (minus) with 3.5 grade point (GP). A student with an F (below pass marks) grade in any subject cannot enrol in any college. However, the highest Grade Point Average (GPA) remains the same.
Individual results in public examinations will be published in GPA on the basis of a seven-step
letter grading instead of six steps.
The steps are A+ for GP 5.0 (80-100 marks), A for GP 4.0 (70-79), A-for GP 3.5 (60-69), B for GP 3.0 (50-59), C for GP 2.0 (40-49), D for GP 1.0 (33-39) and F for GP 0.0 (0-32).
Previously, the steps were A+ for GP 5.0 (80-100), A for GP 4.0 (60-79), B for GP 3.0 (51 -59), C for GP 2.0 (41 -50), D for GP 1 (33-40) and F for 0.0 (0-32).
Examinees who will not get F grade in any subject and whose GPA is at least 1.0 will be considered passed.
In the current method an examinee has to secure pass marks individually in every part of the subject — objective, essay-type, theoretical and practical — to pass a subject.
Any candidate with F grade in four subjects in SSC/Dakhil exams will be allowed to sit for those particular exams next year.
And students with F in three subjects in HSC/Alim will be considered to improve their grade next year.
If students want to sit for all examinations, they have to attend classes and examinations in school/college as regular students.
The ministry abolished a previous provision to allow examinees with F grade in one subject and GPA 1.5 and above to enrol in higher class on a temporary basis.
Talking to The Daily Star, State Minister for Education ANM Ehsanul Hoque said, "From this year students failing in four subjects will be able to sit for improvement exams in those particular subjects."
The education ministry said schools, colleges and madrassahs have to introduce the same grading into internal examinations.
The education boards will issue certificates to successful candidates with GPA ratings.
Examinees will be given transcripts, instead of mark sheets, with the GP secured in every subject and the GPA, the ministry said.
The GPA will calculate inclusion of fourth subject marks of SSC, HSC, Dakhil and Alim examinations from 2004. At present, the result does not reflect fourth subject marks.
The ministry decided to amend the system following a set of recommendations from educationists and experts.