The remaining postponed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, which were scheduled to start on September 11, are set to be delayed further.
In the face of the student protest, the authorities have decided to hold the exams on half the number of questions
Additionally, the exams will be delayed by approximately another two weeks from September 11.
The decision was made in a meeting chaired by Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Tuesday at the Ministry of Education.
On June 30, the HSC and equivalent exams of this year began.
After eight days of exams following the schedule, all exams scheduled for July 18 were postponed due to the situation arising from the quota reform movement.
Subsequently, the exams scheduled for July 21, 23, and 25 were also postponed.
Further postponements were made for exams scheduled between July 28 and August 1.
It was later decided that the HSC and equivalent exams would resume on September 11 with a new timetable. However, it was later announced that the exams would not take place on September 11.
According to the revised schedule, exams for 61 subjects over a total of 13 days are still pending.
Meanwhile, students staged a protest at the Dhaka Education Board on Monday, saying that they were not in a condition to sit for the exams.
The students cited several reasons for their demands, including injuries sustained by many during the movement and disruptions to their studies. Given the circumstances, they argued that they were not in a position to take the exams.
