Students Demand a Special Supplementary Exam This Year for Those Who Failed the SSC

An organisation called 'SSC-2026 Student Rights Movement Bangladesh' has demanded a special supplementary examination this year for students who failed the SSC-2026 examinations.

The demand was raised at a press conference held on Thursday at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, where students said failing a single examination had pushed their academic lives into uncertainty.

Al-Amin Islam Tamim, an examinee under the Dhaka Board, read out a written statement on behalf of the students. He said: “Many students have fallen into frustration and uncertainty because they failed the SSC examination. This has created fears among us that starting higher secondary studies and planning our future education will be disrupted.”

Tamim added that the government must take swift and effective steps to protect the continuity of students' academic lives in this situation.

The organisation's five-point demands include holding a special supplementary exam this year, publishing necessary instructions including the syllabus and marks distribution, announcing the exam schedule with quick publication of results, and arranging admission of successful candidates into Class XI in the same academic year.

The students said clear instructions are needed on the special exam's syllabus, question pattern, evaluation method and eligibility to sit the test, and that the exam date must be set with adequate preparation time.

They added that if results are published quickly, successful students will be able to enrol in Class XI in the same academic year.

If a special exam cannot be held this year, the organisation has put forward an alternative demand: failed students should be considered for admission to Class XI and allowed to sit the supplementary examination the following year while studying at college.

The organisation argued that failing one examination does not mean a student's merit and potential are finished, and that students deserve a chance to make up their shortcomings and prove themselves.

The press conference called on the education minister, the Ministry of Education, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education and the relevant education boards to act quickly, urging a humane and education-friendly decision that takes students' real circumstances into account.

The organisation said its movement is not aimed at creating conflict or disorder, but at securing fair opportunities for students and protecting the continuity of their studies, and it sought cooperation from students, guardians, teachers, journalists and conscious citizens.

Failed students and their guardians are now watching to see what decision the authorities take on the demand.