SSC exams to start Sept 15, HSC exams in Nov: Minister

Education Minister Dipu Moni says the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations will start on Sept 15.

The government is also planning to hold the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations in November, she said at a news conference on Sunday.

The SSC tests were scheduled to start on Jun 19 after a four-month delay due to the pandemic, reports bdnews24.com.

But the government decided to suspend the tests after Sylhet, Sunamganj, and several other districts experienced serious flooding in June.

Authorities suspended classes in more than 5,000 educational institutions across 18 districts due to the inundation, and also used the schools and colleges to shelter the flood victims.

This derailed the studies of as many as 575,000 pupils only at the secondary level.

Over 2 million students are preparing to take the exams this year. Among them, 23,752 are in the flood-hit district of Sunamganj and 43,844 in Sylhet.