United News of Bangladesh

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has requested exam centre authorities to allow HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) candidates to enter the exam centre premises from 8:30am, in a bid to ease traffic congestion and public suffering around the exam venues. In a notice issued on Saturday, the board made the special request to all centre in-charges, aiming to reduce traffic jams and public inconvenience in areas surrounding the examination centres during the ongoing HSC examinations for this year. However, the existing instructions regarding candidates' entry into the examination rooms will remain unchanged, the notice added.

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations under nine education boards will begin on Thursday amid tight security. This year, 1,251,111 students from general, technical and madrasa education streams are expected to take part in the exams at 2,797 centres across the country. The number of candidates has decreased by 81,882 compared to last year. The Ministry of Education has ordered all coaching centres across the country to remain closed until August 15 to ensure a proper exam environment. Several instructions have been issued for the exams: Students must enter the exam halls at least 30 minutes before the exam starts. If a student arrives late for any valid reason, the cause of delay, along with the student's name, roll number, and entry time, must be recorded and reported to the respective education board on the same day. The question paper code will be sent to authorised officials via SMS 25 minutes before the exam begins. HSC exams set to begin June 26: Detailed instructions published No one except the centre-in-charge can carry mobile phones or electronic devices inside the exam centre. The centre-in-charge may carry a mobile phone, but it must be a non-camera device. The Inter-Education Board has also issued the following instructions: ·         Students must be present at the centre at least 30 minutes before the exam begins. ·         Information on the OMR sheet must be filled out correctly. ·         Answer scripts must not be folded. ·         Mobile phones are not allowed inside the exam centres. ·         The multiple-choice and creative sections will be held one after another without a break. ·         Students must pass both theory and practical parts separately. ·         Students can only sit for the subjects listed on their admit cards and cannot take exams at their own institutions. ·         Attendance sheets must be signed. Law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, and local administrations have been asked to stay alert during the exams. Monitoring of social media platforms will also be increased to prevent irregularities.

Schedule for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations 2025 was officially announced on Wednesday. As per the published timetable, theoretical exams will start on June 26 and conclude on August 10. The practical exams are scheduled to begin on August 11 and will run until August 21. Demonstrate at Secretariat: 26 HSC students sent to jail The schedule was signed by Professor SM Kamal Uddin Haider, president of the Inter-Education Board Examination Control Committee and the Controller of Examinations of the Dhaka Education Board. Special Instructions for HSC 2025 Candidates * Candidates must arrive in the exam hall 30 minutes before the scheduled start time. * The exam will begin with a multiple-choice (MCQ) section, followed by the creative/written (theoretical) exam. * The 30-mark MCQ exam will last 30 minutes, while the 70-mark creative exam will have a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes. * For exams that include practical components, the 25-mark MCQ exam will be allotted 25 minutes, and the 50-mark creative exam will last 2 hours and 35 minutes. * Exams will be held without any breaks, as indicated in the question paper. There will be no break between the MCQ and creative sections. Exam Timings For morning exams starting at 10:00 am: *  Unwritten answer sheets and MCQ OMR sheets will be distributed at 9:30 am. * The MCQ question papers will be given at 10:00 am. * The MCQ answer sheets will be collected at 10:30 am, and creative question papers will be distributed (for 25-mark MCQ exams, this will happen at 10:25 am). For afternoon exams starting at 2:00 pm: * Unwritten answer sheets and MCQ OMR sheets will be distributed at 1:30 pm. * The MCQ question papers will be distributed at 2:00 pm. * The MCQ answer sheets will be collected at 2:30 pm, and creative question papers will be distributed (for 25-mark MCQ exams, this will happen at 2:25 pm). The exam will proceed as per the schedule mentioned in the question paper. Candidates are instructed to collect their admit cards from the heads of their institutions. Each candidate must correctly fill in their exam roll number, registration number, subject code, and other details on the OMR form and circle the correct options. Candidates are strictly prohibited from writing in the margins or folding the answer sheet for any reason. 26 sued over HSC students’ demonstration at Secretariat It is essential for candidates to pass separately in theoretical, MCQ, and practical sections (where applicable). Candidates can only sit for the exams of the subjects mentioned on their registration card and admit card. Under no circumstances are they allowed to appear for exams in other subjects. General scientific calculators are permitted during the exam, but programming calculators are not allowed.