Primary, Ebtedayee tests from Nov 17

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Staff Reporter :
The Primary School Certificate (PSC) and its equivalent Ebtedayee terminal examinations for the fifth graders will begin on November 17 across the country.
A total of 29,03,638 students are going to sit for the examination.
This year, the number of examinees in PSC and Ebtedayee examinations has been dropped by 2,23,615 and 30,983 in comparison to the previous year.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education
M Zakir Hossain said this while briefing journalists about the examinations at the Ministry yesterday noon. Among 25,53,267 PSC examinees, 11,82,300 are male and 13,71,167 are female.
On the other hand, 3,50,371 examinees, including 1,87,082 are male and 1,63,289 female, are appearing this year’s Ebtedayee terminal examinations.
The examinations will be held at 7,458 centres across the country and eight centres abroad.
English examination will be held on November 17, Bangla on November 18, Bangladesh and Global Studies on November 19, Elementary Science on November 20, Religion and Moral Education, Arabic, Quran Majid and Tajweed on November 21 and Mathematics on November 24.
The examinations will end on November 24.
Examinations would start at 10:30am and end at 1:00pm everyday. Children with special needs would be given extra 30 minutes.
State Minister Zakir said, the authorities concerned have been asked to take necessary steps for holding examinations in Barishal, Chattogram and Khulna districts which were damaged during the cyclone Bulbul.
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