SSC exams begin

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under 11 education boards have begun at 10:00am on Monday across the country.

A total of 20,47,779 students — 10,24,363 boys and 10,23,416 girls —are expected to take part in the SSC and its equivalent examinations at 3,512 centres from 28,884 institutions.

Of the candidates, a total of 16,35,240 students will sit for the SSC examinations under nine general education boards while 2,81,254 for Dakhil exams under Madrasa Education Board and 1,31,285 for vocational exam under Bangladesh Technical Education Board this year.

Besides, 342 students will take part in the examination from abroad this year.

In 2019, a total of 21,35,333 students had taken part in the SSC and its equivalent examinations. But the number of total examinees has decreased by 87,554 this year compared to the previous year.

Dhaka/Yeamin/AI