Government seeks info to award scholarships to students passing SSC exams

Banglapress Published: 23 September 2025, 10:25 AM

Government seeks info to award scholarships to students passing SSC exams

Bangla Press Desk: The government will provide scholarships to students who passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. Regular students will be eligible for merit-based and general scholarships under the revenue budget. To facilitate this, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has requested necessary information. The announcement was made in a directive issued by the Directorate on Thursday (7 August), which has been sent to all chairpersons of education boards.

As per the directive, information must be submitted in a prescribed format, including the total number of regular students who appeared in the SSC examination, the total number of students who passed, the number of students who achieved GPA-5, and the number of students who passed without securing GPA-5. Every year, the government awards scholarships to 10,500 students based on their SSC results. Among them, 1,125 students receive merit scholarships, while 9,375 students receive general scholarships. Merit scholarship recipients are given a monthly allowance of Tk825 and a one-time annual grant of Tk1,800. General scholarship recipients receive Tk375 per month and an annual grant of Tk750. This article was originally published on Daily Sun. [Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]

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[Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]