HSC results between 25 and 29 this month, final date subject to ministry approval

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The results of the HSC and equivalent examinations may be published on any day between the 25th and 29th of this month, Professor Syed Aktaruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of the Dhaka Education Board, said on Monday.

He said a proposal to publish the results on any day within this period has been sent to the Ministry of Education; the final date will be fixed after the ministry’s approval.

This year, the HSC and equivalent examinations began on 2 July and ended on 8 August. The plan was to complete the practical examinations by 15 August. But due to a natural disaster, some written examinations of the Chattogram Education Board could not be held on schedule; after the postponed examinations were later held, that board’s written examinations ended on 9 September.

This time, 12,70,583 students from 9,439 educational institutions under the country’s 11 education boards took part in the HSC and equivalent examinations. There were 2,697 examination centres across the country for them.

Among the general education boards, the highest number of examinees was in the Dhaka board: 3,00,393 at 310 centres. In addition, 1,40,830 sat the examinations in the Rajshahi board, 1,17,210 in the Jashore board, 1,13,479 in the Dinajpur board, 99,688 in the Chattogram board and 94,802 in the Cumilla board.

There were 73,037 examinees in the Mymensingh board, 71,711 in the Sylhet board and 58,664 in the Barishal board.

Under the Madrasah Education Board, 92,905 students took the examinations at 461 centres, and under the Technical Education Board, 1,07,964 students at 610 centres.