DHAKA: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations under 10 education boards begin across the country on Monday amid measures taken to prevent question paper leak in the examinations.

According to Education Ministry sources, a total of 13,11,457 examinees from 8,864 educational institutions are appearing in the examinations this year. Of them, 6, 35,697 are male and 5,47,989 female.

The authorities have opened envelopes of question papers about 25 minutes before the examinations started, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid to journalists while visiting Siddheswari Girls' College in city.

He also said the government is giving all out effort to root out all possible sources of question paper leakage in examinations.

A total of 10,92,607 candidates are sitting for the examinations from eight general education boards while 1, 00,127 under the Madrasa Education Board and 1, 17,754 from the Technical Education Board.

A total of 1, 27,771 candidates have been increased this year comparing to the previous year.

Besides, 299 students are appearing in the examinations from seven overseas centres.

All the examinees have been asked to take their seats in the examination centres 30 minutes before the examinations begin.

The written examinations will continue until May 13 while the practical examinations will be held from May 14 to May 23.

BDST: 1038 HRS, Apr 02, 2018

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