Viqarunnisa Noon, the country\u2019s most reputed school, has been given Grade \u2018B\u2019 while competitors Motijheel Ideal School and Holy Cross School have been graded \u2018A\u2019 in the country\u2019s first-ever school rankings based on overall performance. RAJUK Uttara Model School, BAF Shaheen School, YWCA School, St Joseph\u2019s Higher Secondary School, Shamsul Haque Khan School, Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls\u2019 School and Adamjee Cantonment Public School have been placed on the list of \u2018A\u2019 graders. The Government Laboratory High School and St Gregory\u2019s High School are graded \u2018B\u2019 while Motijheel Government Boys\u2019 High School and Mohammadpur Government High School have been listed in the \u2018C\u2019 category.
\nProfessor Noman-Ur-Rashid, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), on Friday told The Independent that the first-ever grading of all secondary schools across the country would be made public at an October 9 function.
\nEducation minister Nurul Islam Nahid is scheduled to announce the list at a programme at the National Academy for Educational Management.
\nThe performance-based rankings are part of the Tk. 800-crore Secondary Education Sector Development Project (SESDP) undertaken by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE). It covered 17,874 government and non-government secondary schools out of 18,463 institutions in all the 482 upazilas under 64 districts.
\nThe top performing schools have been graded \u2018A\u2019, schools performing well have received \u2018B\u2019, moderately performing institutions have ranked \u2018C\u2019 and schools performing poorly and non-performers have been placed under categories in D and E, respectively.
\nThe list was made on the basis of seven criteria set by the government. They include teaching-learning environment, teachers\u2019 professionalism, students\u2019 performance, institution management committee, leadership of heads of institutions, co-curricular activities and institution-community and guardian-teacher relationships. There are some sub-criteria under the seven main criteria as well. Describing the collection of data for the grading, professor Md. Sirajul Haque, director (planning and development) of DHSE, said: \u201cHeads of all the institutions have filled in the Institutional Self Assessment Summary (ISAS) 2011 form and a panel has made the summary and data analysis.
\n\u201cSuch grading of secondary schools, prepared on the basis of overall performance, is a first for Bangladesh. We will prepare and make public the grading every year,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cOur aim is to help institutions improve their performance.\u201d
\nAn education ministry official said on Thursday that the department had a meeting before preparing the report, which put Viqarunnisa in the \u2018B\u2019 category and most of the government schools either in the \u2018B\u2019 or \u2018C\u2019 category.
\nThe ministry officials have been asked to re-check the summary report before making it public.
\n\u201cThe academic background and performance of teachers, activities of school management committee, lack of requisite space for the huge number of students are some of the reasons responsible for Viqarunnisa getting Grade B,\u201d pointed out the official. According to the list, Motijheel Government Girls\u2019 High School, Dhanmondi Government Girls\u2019 High School, Gonobhaban Government Girls\u2019 High School, Sher-e-Banglanagar Government Girls\u2019 High School and National Bank Public School have earned Grade \u2018B\u2019 while Motijheel Model (morning shift) High School and Kakoli High School in Dhanmondi have been given Grade \u2018A\u2019.<\/p>\n

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