All coaching centres in the country will remain closed from April 26 to May 23 for holding the SSC and equivalent examinations smoothly, said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday.
She said this at a press briefing organised on the occasion of SSC and equivalent examination-23 at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital.
"A meeting was held on Tuesday with all organisations concerned regarding the preparations to hold the examination in a copying-free environment,” said the minister.
The SSC and equivalent examinations will begin in the country on April 30.
Dipu Moni said that the examinations will be held on a short syllabus and the number of candidates is 20, 72, 163 this year.
She said although the SSC examinations are held in the first week of February every year, it was not possible to hold the exams on time like last year due to Covid-19.
