The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin on September 15 and continue till October 1, education minister Dipu Moni said on Monday.

She also said this year, the examinations will be held for two hours instead of three hours from 11 am instead of 10 am considering the traffic jam.

The minister made the disclosure while talking to reporters after a meeting with the National Monitoring and Law and Order Committee.

She also said that coaching centres will remain closed across the country from September 12 to October 2.

The duration of the MCQ exam is 20 minutes while that of the written exam is 1 hour and 40 minutes, she said, adding the practical exams will continue from October 10 to 15.

All examinees have been asked to enter their exam halls 30 minutes before the starting time and no one except the exam secretary will be allowed to carry cellular phone.

Some 20,21,868 students are expected to take the SSC and equivalent exams this year while last year this number was 22,43,254. The number of candidates has decreased by 2,21,386.

About 15,99,711 candidates are expected to sit for the SSC exam under nine general education boards, 2,68,495 for Dakhil exams under Madrasa Education Board and 1,53,662 for vocational exam under Bangladesh Technical Education Board this year, the minister said.

Some 3,790 centers have been prepared for the SSC exams across the country.

The SSC and its equivalent examinations under all the education boards slated to begin on June 19 were postponed due to the flood situation in the country on June 17.

BDST: 1529 HRS, SEP 5, 2022
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