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Over 2 mln students sit for Bangladesh's largest public exams
By Xinhua Published: Sep 16, 2022 11:10 AM
Students take exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)

Students take exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Students take exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)

Students take exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A student takes exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)

A student takes exam at the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sept. 15, 2022. Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday. Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Bangladesh's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams, which are the country's largest public exams for school students, began on Thursday.

Over 2 million Bangladeshi students have registered for the SSC and equivalent exams this year, which are considered one of the most important events in the lives of the Bangladeshi students.

Some 3,790 centers have been set up for the exams.

Bangladesh's Ministry of Education said earlier that some 2,021,868 students will attend the examinations this year.

Of them, 1,599,711 would participate in SSC, 268,495 in Dakhil (equivalent to the SSC) and 153,662 in vocational examinations.

The exams, which are usually held every year in February, began at 10:00 a.m. local time Thursday after months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic and massive floods in June this year.

This year the examinees are taking their exams with a shortened syllabus. The exams, which will end on Oct. 18, were held for two hours for one subject instead of the usual three hours.