Altogether 10,324 students have been absent on the first day of the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations across Bangladesh, according to the education ministry.
Published : 04 Apr 2014, 12:59 AM
The ministry's control centre said 45 students were expelled on Thursday after being caught cheating.
This year, 1,141,374 examinees — 606,293 boys and 535,081 girls — from 8,104 institutions were registered for the tests in 2,352 centres under 10 education boards, including madrasa and technical boards.
In the previous year, 1,012,581 had taken the HSC and equivalent exams.
On the first day this year, tests of ‘Bangla 1st Paper’ was held under the eight general boards, ‘Quran Majid’ in Alim under Madrasa Board, and ‘Bangla 2nd Paper’ in HSC Vocational and ‘Business Management’ under Technical Education Board.
According to the ministry, 2,002 examinees remained absent under Dhaka, 1,139 under Rajshahi, 1,170 under Jessore, 1,065 under Comilla, 745 under Dinajpur, 683 under Chittagong, 575 under Sylhet and 440 under Barisal boards.
The number of absentees was 1,257 under Madrasa Board and 1,248 under Technical Board.
Among the expelled, 27 were under Technical Board, four under Madrasa Board, two under Barisal and Dinajpur each, two under Dhaka and Comilla each and one under Rajshahi board.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid visited the Motijheel Ideal School and College centre in Dhaka on Thursday.
The theoretical exams will end on June 5, while practicals are scheduled to begin on June 7 and continue till June 16.
The minister said the results will be published within 60 days of the completion of the exams.