'PEC exams will not be held this year'

Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) and its equivalent Ebtedayee Education Completion exam will not be held this year, confirmed senior secretary of primary and mass education ministry Md Aminul Islam Khan.

The decision has come a day after the education minister Dipu Moni announced cancellation of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exams for this year.

Aminul Islam told Prothom Alo that they are emphasising in meeting the learning gap of students. Therefore, the PEC examination will not be held this year.