JSC, JDC exams begin Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations-2017 will begin on Wednesday across the country which will continue till November 18.

As many as 24, 68,820 students from 28,628 educational institutions will sit for the public examination this year. Of them, 11, 44,778 are male and 13, 24,042 are female.

The number of JSC examinees is 20, 90,277 while 3, 78,543 examinees will take part in the JDC examination this year.

The JSC and JDC examinations will be held at 2,834 centres across the country.

A total of 659 students from nine overseas centres will appear in the JSC examinations.

A total of 56,045 examinees have increased in the JSC and JDC examinations this year compared to the last year as 24,12,775 candidates took part in the examination in 2016.

Since the introduction of JSC and JDC examinations in 2010, the education minister said, the number of examinees has been continuously increasing which has showed a positive sign in checking dropout rate at secondary level.

As many as 14,92,802 students appeared in JSC and JDC examinations in 2010, 18,61,113 examinees in 2011, 19,08,365 in 2012, 19,02,746 candidates in 2013, 20,90,692 in 2014 and 23,25,933 examinees in 2015.

risingbd/Dhaka/Oct 31, 2017/Hasan/Amirul