Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education

department · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Head: Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel
Role: Director General
Annual budget: —
Staff: 3290
Established: 1981
Legal basis: Directorate of Public Instruction upgraded to DSHE by government notification in 1981; Education Ministry Administrative Order 1981 (establishing Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education from the Directorate of Public Instruction originally formed after Wood's Despatch 1823); Rules of Business 1996 (Government of Bangladesh); Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961 (as adapted).

Under new DG Prof Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel (appointed April 2026), DSHE is simultaneously executing three high-visibility mandates: completing the 8th NTRCA head-teacher recruitment of 9,708 secondary-sector posts, operationalising the MPO-EFT transition that shifts salary disbursement for 412,526 non-government teachers to direct electronic fund transfer, and enforcing the HSC 2026 uniform question paper regime across all nine general education boards with exams starting July 2.

Recent activity

2026-03-25 regulation NTRCA (under DSHE oversight) issued revised 8th Head Teacher Recruitment circular for 12,951 posts, of which 9,708 fall under DSHE-administered secondary and higher secondary institutions; 3,131 under Madrasah Education Directorate; 112 under Technical Education Directorate. Online applications opened March 28, closed April 4. ↗↗
2026-04-16 appointment SHED notification assigned additional charge of DSHE Director General to Prof Dr Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel, who had been serving as Director of DSHE's Secondary Wing; formalised on current-charge basis on April 23, 2026. ↗↗↗
2026-04-18 regulation 8th NTRCA Head Teacher MCQ examination conducted across 9 centres in Dhaka in four shifts for 12,951 institution-head posts; results published April 22, 2026. This is the largest head-teacher recruitment round since the NTRCA's establishment. ↗↗
2026-05-14 circular DSHE Director General issued nationwide directive barring all MPO-enlisted and education-board-affiliated institutions from collecting monthly tuition fees from students receiving merit and general scholarships; legal and departmental action threatened for non-compliance. ↗
2026-05-15 reform DSHE confirmed HSC 2026 examinations, beginning July 2, will use a single uniform question paper across all nine general education boards nationwide for the first time; full syllabus restored (no COVID-era short syllabus); SSC retains board-specific question sets. ↗↗↗

Provenance & notes

DSHE is the operational arm of SHED: SHED sets policy, DSHE implements it through a field network spanning 9 zonal offices, 64 district education offices, and upazila-level offices (total approximately 3,290 field officers and staff per official figures from dshe.gov.bd). The DG appointment sequence: additional charge on April 16, then current charge formalised April 23, 2026; BSS confirmed both dates from official SHED notifications. Staff count of 3,290 = 234 (zonal) + 684 (district) + 2,372 (upazila) per DSHE official website; head-office staff not separately disaggregated in published sources. The annual_budget_bdt field is null because DSHE's own operating budget is a sub-component of SHED's Grant No. 22 / 125 (Tk 47,563 crore) and is not published as a standalone line item. Established year 1981 is the year DPI was upgraded to DSHE; the predecessor DPI traces to 1823 but the current directorate form dates from 1981. MPO-EFT shift: decision taken November 2025 under interim government, implementation began January 2026; DSHE issued the compliance notification to all institutions requiring NID + bank account submission. The 8th NTRCA recruitment (9,708 of 12,951 posts under DSHE) is the formal pipeline for filling institution-head vacancies in non-government secondary schools and colleges registered with DSHE; separate from the 19th NTRCA registration cycle for assistant teachers.

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