The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams for the academic session 2021-22 started across Bangladesh on Sunday.
The exams will be held from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.
This year a total of 1,203,407 examinees are sitting for the exams. Of them 622,796 are boys and 580,611 are girls.
The HSC and equivalent exams are being held at 2,649 centres and 9,181 institutions.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneExaminees will not be allowed to carry mobile phones or any other devices.
According to the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, written exams will continue till December 13 and practical exams will be held from December 15-22.
Examinees will have to sit for the HSC exams for three hours — for 100 marks — in all subjects.
Students will have two hours to finish the exams — 20 minutes for multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and 1 hour and 40 minutes for creative questions (CQs).
The HSC exams started with Bangla first paper.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneAll coaching centres across Bangladesh will stay closed from November 3 to December 14 as per the directives of the government.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except HSC candidates and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.
Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday.
The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure "proper and lawful" exams, according to DMP Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq.
