Thirty-five students were expelled for cheating on the first day of the Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations on Thursday, the education ministry control room said.
A teacher was also expelled for helping students to cheat in the exams hall, the control room said, adding that 1,01,473 students had not taken the exam on the day. Examinations in two Bangla papers were held on the day.
A total of 15,05,391 students of 27,221 educational institutions registered for taking the exams in 1,804 centres — 1,248 centres for the JSC exams and 556 for the JDC exams.
Guardians and students expressed their dissatisfaction as exams in two papers were held on the same day. The students will also take two English paper exams on Sunday.
‘Even in the SSC examinations, students do not need to take two examinations in a day. I do not understand why the authorities made such a schedule,’ Alauddin, a guardian standing at the Motijhil Government Boys’ High School centre, said.
The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, visited the Motijheel Government Boys’ School, Motijheel Government Girls’ High School and the Aliya Madrassah centres in the morning.
The JSC examinations will end on November 14 while JDC on November 15.
