The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams kicked off to a smooth start in Bangladesh on Thursday. The exams began at 11am instead of 10am, considering the usual traffic jams in the peak morning hours. In Dhaka, several exam centres witnessed a large gathering of parents, triggering traffic chaos in the vicinity. Read: SSC exams this year will start from 11am, duration 2 hours: Dipu Moni This year, some 20,21,868 students have registered themselves to take the SSC and equivalent exams, 2,21,386 less than that of last year.