SSC exams will start from 11am, duration 2hrs: Dipu Moni

Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday said nationwide SSC exams will start from 11am, instead of 10am, considering traffic congestion. She said at a meeting of the National Monitoring and Law and Order Committee for ensuring that the exams are held smoothly.

According to the schedule, SSC and equivalent exams will start from September 15 and will end on October 18.

The Minister said, all coaching centres across the country will remain closed from September 12 to October 2, ahead of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams. The meeting was held at Secretariat.

This year, SSC exams will be held for two hours, instead of three, she added. Duration of the MCQ part of the exam will be 20 minutes while the written part will be held for 1 hour and 40 minutes.

All examinees have been requested to enter the exam halls 30 minutes before the exams start, and no one except the exam secretary will be allowed to carry mobile phones.

Some 20,21,868 students are expected to take SSC and equivalent exams this session while last year the number was 22,43,254. The number of candidates has decreased by 2,21,386.

About 15,99,711 candidates will sit for the SSC exams under nine general education boards, 2,68,495 for Dakhil exams under Madrasa Education Board and 1,53,662 for vocational exams under Bangladesh Technical Education Board this year, the minister said. Some 3,790 centers are set for SSC exams across the country.

SSC and equivalent exams were scheduled to begin on June 19, but were postponed due to the flood situation in the country on June 17.