JSC-JDC exams to begin Nov 1

Staff Correspondent: This year`s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations for class VIII students are scheduled to begin across the country from November 1.

The decision was taken in a meeting, held at the ministry secretariat, in the capital on Thursday with Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid in the chair.

The meeting, however, did not announce the routine of examinations, the meeting sources who were there in the meeting confirmed.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid also expected that this year`s examinations would be held without any irregularities.

Earlier in the previous year, the second largest public exams were scheduled to begin on November 2, but the authorities had to reschedule the tests because of two spells of shutdowns.

In 2014, a total of 20,90,692 students -- 11,05,509 boys and 9,85,183 girls -- from 27,925 schools and madrasas were participated in the examinations at 2,525 centres under eight general education boards and one madrasa board.

Of them, over 17.64 lakh students were appeared in the JSC exams.


risingbd/ DHAKA/ July 30, 2015/ Shafiq/ Mahfuz