HSC and equivalent examinations have been postponed indefinitely. The matter was confirmed in a circular from the Ministry of Education on Wednesday (August 7).
This information was informed in the notification signed by Deputy Secretary A Z Morshed Ali on Wednesday (August 6).
According to the notification, in view of the letter from the Dhaka Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, the HSC and equivalent examinations to be held from August 11 have been postponed due to unavoidable reasons. New schedule of postponed exams will be announced later.
The 2024 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams begin on June 30. After 8 days of examinations as per routine, all examinations on July 18 were postponed due to the situation surrounding the quota reform movement. After that, the government suspended the examination for three more rounds.
According to the schedule, there are still 13 days of exams for a total of 61 subjects. So many exams are stuck due to different subjects of different departments. Although every student has to appear in 13 subjects. Among these four subjects of Bengali and English (first and second paper) and ICT are compulsory. 8 subjects are optional.