, July 14 -- Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Tuesday said the government may arrange re-examinations if Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees were unable to sit their exams due to flood or administrative shortcomings.

"These students are our future. Under no circumstances can we deprive them of their rights, and we will not do so," he said replying to a supplementary question from Jamaat-e-Islami MP Md Shafiqul Islam, elected from Patuakhali 2 in Parliament.

He said the Education Ministry has been maintaining continuous monitoring of examination centres across the country throughout the monsoon season.

The minister said whenever floodwater entered an examination centre, local administrations were instructed to...