SSC exams to begin on June 19

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin on June 19 based on the shortened syllabus.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education unveiled the schedules for the examination on Wednesday.

The SSC exams, including the practical ones, will end on July 20.

SSC examinees will have a total of two hours to write -- 20 minutes for MCQ and 1 hour and 40 minutes for CQ.

On February 20, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) re-revised the syllabuses of the Bangla second, English first, and second papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC).

In another development, the Secondary and Higher Education Division issued another statement stating that the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examination will begin on August 22.

As per the government's academic calendar, SSC exams usually begin from February 1 and HSC from April 1 every year.

However, these exams were not held as per schedule in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.