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Art of appearing at exams, knowing 'nothing' about art

Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat, Thakurgaon
Around 40 thousand students in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are going to attend this year's Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations next month without getting formal lessons on 'art and craft', now a compulsory 50-mark subject for them.
The situation has arisen as 882 high schools and junior dakhil madrasas in the two districts are yet to get any teacher for the subject that has been made compulsory in the curriculum from the current session, thanks to the indifference of the authorities concerned.
According to District
Education Office sources, there are 654 high and junior high schools and 232 dakhil madrasas in ten upazilas of the two districts.
Of them, only four government schools, two each in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh, have art and craft teachers while 882 non-government high and junior high schools and madrasas in the two districts are without any teacher for the subject, Md Fazle Alam, district education officer of Thakurgaon.
Most of the JSC and JDC examinees of the two districts are still in confusion about the syllabus, question pattern and marks distribution of the now compulsory subject.
“This year 'art and craft'
subject has been made compulsory for Classes VI, VII and VIII but we are unable to appoint a teacher for it as the post is yet to be created. The teachers with some idea on the subject are taking classes on it,” said Robiul Alam, headmaster of Boda Pilot Girls' High School in Panchagarh.
Shimu Akhter, a JDC examinee from Jamironnesa Dakhil Madrasa in Thakurgaon, said, "We are yet to get any clear conception about the new subject although the examination is very near."
Khademul Islam, an assistant teacher of art and craft in Thakurgaon Government Boys' High School, said, "As per the question pattern of the subject in JSC and JDC
examinations, 10 marks are for design (sketch), 15 for scenery drawing, 15 for multiple choice questions and 10 marks for two short questions."
Contacted, Rakibul Islam, assistant controller of examinations of Dinajpur Education Board, said over cell phone, "Classes of art and craft have been arranged with the help of biology teachers and the school authorities were asked to appoint part-time teachers to meet the requirement for the time being."
“The directorate of secondary and higher secondary education has already been informed of the situation and we hope the problem will be solved soon," he said.