SSC, equivalent exams begin on Thursday

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin on Thursday.

The examinations will begin at 11am this year instead of 10am to ensure a smooth environment for the exams considering the traffic jam.

The examinations will take place for two hours (1.4 hours for written exams and 20 minutes for MCQ). 

This year, 20, 21,868 candidates of 29,591 institutions under nine general boards, madrasha and technical education boards will appear in SSC and equivalents examinations at a total 3,790 centres across the country.

A number of 15, 99,711 candidates will take part in the SSC exam under nine general boards while 2, 68,495 will sit for Dakhil and 1, 53,662 for vocational examinations.

The examinations were scheduled to be held on June 19. But it was postponed due to devastating flood in Sylhet, Mymensingh and northern areas of the country.

All examinees have been asked to enter their exam halls 30 minutes before the starting time and no one except the exam secretary will be allowed to carry cellular phones.

According to the schedule, the SSC and its equivalent examinations will end on October 18.