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Thursday | November 05, 2026 | Dhaka

HSC retakes for failed students to begin on 1 Dec

 City Desk
 Published: 12:02 AM, 05 November 2026

More than 422,000 students who failed one or two subjects in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will get another opportunity, with retake exams scheduled to begin on December 1.

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, announced the examination schedule on Wednesday.

According to the notice, students will have to complete their application forms between November 5 and 9. They can pay their examination fees through any branch of Sonali Bank until November 10.

Students have been asked to keep their payment receipts at their respective educational institutions.

The board also said the probable list of candidates and details of the form-fill-up process would soon be published on its official website, dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon had earlier announced that students who failed in one or two subjects would be given another opportunity to sit for the examinations within a month.

According to the available results, 298,040 students failed in one subject, while 124,865 failed in two subjects. This brings the total number of eligible candidates to 422,905.

The retake examinations are intended to give these students another chance to pass the subjects they failed without having to wait for the next regular examination cycle.