The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams have begun across the country except in Sylhet division this morning. The exams in Sylhet division will start from July 9 as Ministry of Education deferred the  board’s exams due to flood. The examinees under the Sylhet Board will sit for Bangla-I, II and English-I and II papers as per new routine to be announced later, said Sylhet Education Board Chairman Rama Bijoy Sarkar. A total of 14,50,790 students from nine general Education Boards, Madrasha Board and Technical Board are expected to sit for the exams from 9,463 educational institutions at 2,275 centres across the country, according to authorities. HSC, equivalent exams begin Sunday; over 14 lakh candidates to appear Among them, 11, 28,281 students are supposed to appear from nine general boards, 88,076 from madrasha board and 2, 34,433 from Technical Board respectively. Some 281 students will appear for the examination from eight overseas centres. Like the previous years, all coaching centres were asked to keep closed from June 29 till August 11.