DHAKA: Primary Education Completion (PEC) and equivalent examinations for Class-V will begin on Sunday (November 20) and will continue till November 27.

A total of 3,230,288 examinees will sit for the examinations this year. Of them, 2,930,573 will sit for PEC and 299,715 for Ebtedayee examinations.

The examinations will be held in 7,194 centers, including 11 overseas centers.

Primary and mass education minister Mustafizur Rahman was talking to journalists at his secretariat office on Thursday (November 17).

The tests will start at 11:00 am and end at 1:30 pm. Specially-abled examinees will get extra 20 minutes for answering, like past years, he added.

BDST: 1450 HRS, NOV 17, 2016
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