The High Court has ordered all the education board authorities to issue mark sheets of SSC, HSC and Alim examination results to examinees, if they apply for it.

The HC, which has given the direction in April this year following a writ petition filed by an SSC examinee of 2010, released full judgment in this regard last month. 

Now transcripts with Grade Point Average (GPA) results are issued to students of secondary and higher secondary examinations.

The HC observed that getting a mark sheet by an examinee is a fundamental right, which is protected under the Right to Information Act, 2009 and the Bangladesh constitution, petitioner's counsel AKM Salauddin Khan told The Daily Star.

So, the examinees have to be given full mark sheets if they apply for it and the authorities concerned cannot do any negligence, said the HC.

Salauddin said the HC also directed the authorities concerned of the government and Dhaka Education Board to give the SSC examination mark sheet of his client M Nafis Salman Khan in 30 days after receiving the copy of judgment.

The Dhaka board authorities have received the HC order on August 2, he said.

He said the education board authorities had earlier issued mark sheets of results to students and they stopped this system in 2003 after the education ministry issued a notification following introduction of grading system.

The writ petition was filed challenging legality of the notification, the lawyer added.