14.50 lakh examinees sitting for: HSC exams today
Staff Reporter :
Under the scanner of the law enforcers and the coaching centres off, over 14.50 lakh examinees are going to sit for the The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations on Sunday.
However, the examination for the Sylhet Division would not begin on Sunday as the government has postponed the tests there till July 8 due to the recent flash flood which has affected many areas of the division.
Approximately 100,000 examinees under the Sylhet Division will sit for the exams starting July 9 and subsequent tests will be held as per exam schedule.
According to the ministry of education, a total of 14,50,790 examinees from nine general education boards, madrash board and technical board will sit for the test this year at 2,275 exam centres in 9,463 educational institutions across the country.
The exams will continue until August 11. The candidates will attend the Bangla first paper on the first day of the test beginning from 2pm to 5pm. This year’s exams will adhere to a revised syllabus.
The candidates will have to enter the examination centres at least half an hour before the commencement of the test in respective centres.
However, in case of late entry due to unavoidable reasons, the examinee’s roll number, time of entry, reason for delay have to be written down in a registre book and this report has to be informed to the concerned education board on the same day.
Generally the regular classes of the students of those educational institutions are not held due to such board exam, but this time the classes will continue after the exam hours and even the days when there will be gap for exams.
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education has directed it to the concerned schools and attached colleges.
As part of preventing any kind of unfair means during the HSC examinations, the authorities have taken measures to keep close all the coaching centres across the country.
Besides, the law enforcers will remain alert to continue its surveillance so that no coaching centres can run them from 29 June to 11 August (44 days).
The law enforcers including the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have taken special measures to keep the traffic movement manageable during the exam time and there will have DMP’s quick response team to assist the candidates so that they can enter the centres without trouble.
Though the HSC examination this year is starting in June but from next year the test is likely to be held in April.
Dhaka Board Chairman Tapan Kumar Sarkar told the media: “We used to hold the HSC and equivalent examinations in the first week of April.
But the exam schedule changed frequently due to Covid-19. But we have a plan to hold this exam in April from next year.”
