Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2019 began across the country on Saturday morning, reports BSS.
As many as 26,61,682 students from 29,262 educational institutions are participating in the examination. Of them, 22,60,716 are JSC examinees.
A total of 454 students from nine overseas centres are appearing in the JSC examinations.
The JSC and JDC examinations will end on November 11.
Since introduction of JSC and JDC examinations in 2010, an official of the education ministry said the number of examinees is increasing gradually in the JSC and JDC examinations, which has showed a positive sign in checking dropout rate at secondary level.