The government once again rescheduled two Secondary School Certificate examination papers and postponed another, following the enforcement of another spell of 72-hour nationwide hartal by BNP-led 20-party alliance.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, addressing a press conference at his residence yesterday, said the exam originally scheduled for March 1 will be held on March 14 from 10am to 1pm, and the postponed exam, which was originally scheduled for February 12, will be held on March 13 from 9am to 12pm.
The minister also said the SSC exams scheduled for March 3 has been postponed and the new date for the exams will be announced later.
The BNP-led alliance called for indefinite countrywide transport blockade on January 6 and started enforcing hartals since the first day of February, which continued for the whole month except Fridays and Saturdays. They have been demanding an early election under a non-partisan interim government.
The government, examinees and guardians requested the opposition party repeatedly not to enforce any hartal on the exam days but the party did not pay any heed.
