The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.
The exams will be kicked off with holding Bangla First Paper examination, reports BSS.
According to officials, this year, the total number of candidates under 11 education boards- nine general education boards, one madrasa and one technical board- is 12, 03,407.
Of them, 6, 22,796 are male examinees and 5, 80,611 are female. The examinations will take place at 2,649 centers while the exams will end on December 13.
The number of examinees was 13, 99,690 last year while the number of examinees this year declined by 1, 96,283 compared to that of last year.
Earlier on October 19, in a press conference, Dr Dipu Moni said, "We think that the total number of examinees has decreased mainly due to the decrease of irregular examinees as the number of irregular examinees in 2020 was 2, 66,501. Last year the irregular candidates were more than 1, 14,000. But this year that number is over 53,000".
Various steps have been taken for holding the examinations this year in a fair manner, she said, adding that all coaching centers across the country will remain closed for 42 days from November 3 to December 14 during the exams.
Candidates should enter the examination hall at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the examination, the minister said.
In case of late entry due to unavoidable reasons, the candidate's roll number, time of entry, reason for delay etc., should be written in a register and reported to the concerned education board on the same day, she said, adding that which set of question papers will be distributed will be informed 25 minutes before the start of the examination.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
