The Bangladesh government has cancelled this year's Primary Education Completion (PEC) and equivalent exams due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accepted the proposal for cancellation of class five's public examination, State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain said this at a briefing today.

If schools are reopened this year, the students may seat for annual exams at their own institutions, he said.

On August 19, the primary and mass education ministry sent a proposal to the Prime Minister's Office, seeking the PM's approval to cancel this year's PEC and its equivalent Ibtedayi Education Completion exams.

The PEC and its equivalent exams for the fifth graders were scheduled for November.

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