The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations have been once again rescheduled due to the hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami.
Accordingly, the JSC and JSD exams scheduled for November 5 and 6 will now be held on November 19 and 20 respectively, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday.
The rescheduling decision was made at an emergency meeting chaired by the education minister, hours after Jamaat called a 24-hour hartal for Wednesday (November 5) protesting the death penalty of the party’s leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty to Jamaat leader and war criminal Kamaruzzaman.
Earlier, the JSC and JDC examinations scheduled for November 2 and 3 were rescheduled for November 7 and November 14 respectively because of the Jamaat enforced hartal.
Around 21 lakh candidates are expected to appear for the examinations this year. Frequent changes of exam dates have made the examinees, their parents, guardians and teachers deeply worried.
Earlier, Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan said that a decision was made to hold exams suspended for strike every Friday. “If strikes continue, exams will also be held on Saturdays.”
