Staff Reporter :
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations-2017 began on Sunday across the country. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid visited the Dhaka College center at 10am.
The Minister told the media that the examinees had no objection about question papers and they were happy.
He also said that the atmosphere of the examination center was good and the examination was held in a peaceful manner.
Meanwhile, three teachers were suspended for carrying smart mobile phone, ignoring the Education Ministry’s direction in Dhaka.
The expelled teachers are Assistant Professor of Habibullah Bahar College Abdur Rashid, and two lecturers of T and T Mohila College Naima Nasrin and Mahbubur Rahman.
The Dhaka Education Board handed over the teachers to police for legal action.
The Ministry also seized their mobile phone sets and asked the college governing body to take punitive action including termination of their Monthly Pay Order (MPO) against the teachers
A total of 11,83,686 candidates, 6,35,697 boys and 5,47,989 girls, from 8,864 institutions under eight General Education Boards, Madrasa Education Board, Bangladesh Technical Education Board and Diploma in Business Studies Board are appearing at the HSC and its equivalent examinations this year held in the 2,497 examination centres across the country.
Of them, 9,82,783 examinees are sitting for HSC examinations, 99,320 for Alim examinations, 96,914 for HSC (BM/Vocational) examinations and 4,669 examinees for DIBS examinations.
Among the general boards, the highest 3,36,693 examinees are appearing under Dhaka Board, 1,23,616 under Rajshahi Board, 1,06,772 under Dinajpur Board, 1,04,129 under Jessore Board, 1,01,450 under Comilla Board, 83,193 under Chittagong Board, 65,368 under Sylhet and 61,562 under Barisal Board.
In the eight general education boards, a total of 2,17,521 candidates are sitting for the HSC examinations from the Science Group, including Agriculture and Home Economics, 4,98,005 from Humanities Group and 2,67,257 from Business Studies Group.
A total of 271 examinees are appearing at the HSC examinations through seven oversees examination centers, two each in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and one each in Qatar, Libya and Bahrain.
The written examinations will end on May 1 while the practical tests will be held from May 16 to May 25.
