SSC, equivalent exams begin

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of 2018 begun across Bangladesh on Thursday morning. This year, a total of 1,774,533 students are sitting for the examinations from 8,551 institutions in 3,412 centres around the country. Of them, 1,431,118 students sat for the SSC examination under eight general education boards, 244,209 for Dakhil exam under the Madrasa Education Board and 99,206 for vocational exam under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board. A total of 458 students also sat for the examinations from eight overseas centres as well. The written examinations will continue until February 25 while the practical examination will be held from February 26 to March 4. Some 9,742 candidates remained absent on the first day of the exams while 26 students were expelled for adopting unfair means on Thursday.