DHAKA, Sept 16 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country’s largest public exams for school students, began yesterday.
Over two million Bangladeshi students registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of Bangladeshi students.
Some 3,790 centres have been set up for the exams.
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Education said earlier that, some 2,021,868 students will attend the examinations this year.
Of them, 1,599,711 would participate in SSC, 268,495 in Dakhil (equivalent to the SSC) and 153,662 in vocational examinations.
The exams, which are usually held every year in Feb, began at 10:00 a.m. local time yesterday, after months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and massive floods in June this year.
This year, the examinees are taking their exams with a shortened syllabus. The exams, which will end on Oct 18, were held for two hours for one subject instead of the usual three hours.– NNN-BSS
