News Desk : dhakamirror.com
This year’s Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent exams will start from April 30, about two months later than the usual time, due to the fallout of Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually, during the pre-Covid period, SSC exams began in the first week of February.
Chairman of Dhaka Education Board Tapan Kumar Sarkar yesterday said the exams will be held on all subjects with full 100 marks but on curtailed syllabuses.
The decision to shorten the syllabuses was made considering the fact that the candidates of these public exams have fewer in-person classes compared to the pre-Covid period.
Schools remained closed from March 17, 2020, to September 11, 2021, and from January 20 to February 21, this year because of Covid-19.
Earlier SSC exams of 2022 began in mid-September and those of 2021 started in mid-November.
In 2022, SSC candidates sat for exams on Bangla, English, mathematics and a fourth subject, apart from three optional subjects.
In 2021, examinees sat for tests on only three optional subjects with a shortened syllabus.
In both occasions exams were held in fewer marks than usual due to the pandemic.
