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I was stunned to know that in this year's HSC exam the students were to write a compulsory paragraph on Eid-ul-Fitr!

What is going in this country? And what is the meaning of experimenting with the students this way? Were the examination authority ignorant of the fact that among the Muslim examinees there are countless others coming from different faith? I seriously doubt that this is intentional and demand an explanation why such an offensive question was included in an important public exam like HSC.

Anis Anam, Jigatola, Dhaka

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I am an HSC examinee of this year. And I would like to let the readers know how confused we were when we were asked to write a paragraph on Eid-ul-Fitr in our English First Paper exam. I have seen others celebrating Eid and we celebrate it in a way too. But how can we, the people of different faith, write a paragraph on it in depth and that too on an important exam like HSC!

I am not saying that there shouldn't be any question on religious issue but why should it be compulsory? Why couldn't it have been optional?

Christina Gomez, Shidheswari, Dhaka