HSC exams begin on Sunday
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations begin on Sunday with 9,26,814 examinees appearing in 2,916 centres across the country.
Although the number of examinees rose by more than 1.47 lakh this year, around 1.70 lakh students of class XI will not sit for the exam owing to not registering for the exams.
Some 4,96,395 male and 4,30,419 female students of 7,556 educational institutions will appear under 10 education boards, including madrasa and technical boards.
The exams will also be held in four overseas centres in Doha, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Riyadh for 179 candidates. Physically challenged students will get an extra 20 minutes in the exam.
Among the examinees, some 7.56 lakh are regular students while over 1.60 lakh are irregular. Besides, 4,685 are private examinees and some 4,419 are giving improvement exams.
Announcing the figures at a press briefing at the Secretariat yesterday, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said necessary measures had been taken to ensure a peaceful environment at the examination centres.
“Increase in the number of examinees is a positive trend for our education system,” he said.
Bangla First Paper, based on creative question method, the first time in the HSC exams, will be held on the first day. The written exams will end on May 20. The practical exams will be held from May 23 to June 6.
Around 7.50 lakh students will take the exam under eight general education boards; 85,226 students will take Alim exam under Madrasa Board; and 86,415 students will take Business Management exam under Technical Board.
Besides, 4,321 students of Diploma in Business Studies will sit under the Dhaka board.
As in previous years, the highest number of examinees, 2.35 lakh, will appear under the Dhaka board while the lowest, 37,743, will appear under the Sylhet board.
Yesterday, some students gathered before the Dhaka Board office, some claiming that they had not been provided with admit cards while others said theirs had errors in them.
Dhaka Board Chairman Prof Fahima Khatun blamed the irresponsibility of the college principals and the students for the complications regarding the admit cards.
No more than 50 students were facing such difficulties. They will get their admit cards as the office will remain open today and on Saturday, she said.
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