File photo of State Minister for Primary and Mass Education M Zakir Hossen CollectedThe minister said the board will be constituted by 2022State Minister for Primary and Mass Education M Zakir Hossen on Sunday said the government has a plan to constitute separate education board in order to operate the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination. “The government has a plan to constitute a separate board to administer PEC exams under the Primary Education Development Program (PEDP)-4,” the state minister said while responding to a starred question placed by treasury bench lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury of Bhola-3 in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The minister said the board will be constituted by 2022 adding that the non-formal education act-2014 has already been enacted. “The important part of the act is to establish non-formal education board,” he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 17, 2019 13:52 UTC