The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and it equivalent examinations scheduled for today has been shifted to Saturday, March 7 due to hartal.
Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan came up with the announcement at a press briefing at the Education Ministry yesterday.
“We have changed the exams schedule as the BNP-led alliance extended its hartal by 48 hours. We can’t push our students towards uncertainty,” he said.
He said the postponed examinations-Science/General Science and Elective Mathematics(Theory) under General Education Board, Bengali 2nd paper under Madrasha Board and Trade-2 under Technical Education Board - will be held from 10am to 1pm on the day.
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Tuesday again extended its ongoing 72-hour nationwide hartal by 48 hours till 6am tomorrow.
