Staff Reporter :
The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and the Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations on Thursday began across the country.
A total of 26,70,333 students took part in the examinations. Of them, 14,46,601 are girls and 12,23,732 boys from 29,677 schools and madrasas.
This year, over 22.67 lakh students are sitting for the JSC examinations under eight general
education boards. Over 4.02 lakh students are appearing in the JDC examinations under madrasa education board.
JSC examinees from general schools sat for the Bangla First Paper on the first day, while the madrasa students or JDC examinees for Quran Mazid and Tazbid. The examinations will end on November 15.
The examinations will be held on seven subjects for a total of 650 marks.
Of the total examinees this year, about 2.80 lakh are irregular, while some 2.61 lakh students who had flunked in up to three subjects will sit for the exams, according to statistics provided by the Education Ministry.
Some 578 overseas students will sit for the tests at eight overseas centres.
Closing down all coaching centres till the end of the examinations, opening of sealed packets containing question papers 25 minutes before the test, and banning of mobile phone, smartwatch, digital pen and other digital device within 200 metres of the examination centres were some of the steps taken to hold a free and fair examination.
The examination, which replaced the scholarship tests, was introduced in 2010 with about 14.92 lakh students participating in the test across the country.
The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and the Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations on Thursday began across the country.
A total of 26,70,333 students took part in the examinations. Of them, 14,46,601 are girls and 12,23,732 boys from 29,677 schools and madrasas.
This year, over 22.67 lakh students are sitting for the JSC examinations under eight general
education boards. Over 4.02 lakh students are appearing in the JDC examinations under madrasa education board.
JSC examinees from general schools sat for the Bangla First Paper on the first day, while the madrasa students or JDC examinees for Quran Mazid and Tazbid. The examinations will end on November 15.
The examinations will be held on seven subjects for a total of 650 marks.
Of the total examinees this year, about 2.80 lakh are irregular, while some 2.61 lakh students who had flunked in up to three subjects will sit for the exams, according to statistics provided by the Education Ministry.
Some 578 overseas students will sit for the tests at eight overseas centres.
Closing down all coaching centres till the end of the examinations, opening of sealed packets containing question papers 25 minutes before the test, and banning of mobile phone, smartwatch, digital pen and other digital device within 200 metres of the examination centres were some of the steps taken to hold a free and fair examination.
The examination, which replaced the scholarship tests, was introduced in 2010 with about 14.92 lakh students participating in the test across the country.
