HSC exams to resume from Aug 11, new schedule to be announced

“The new schedule for the exams will be released today or tomorrow,” says a senior education official

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The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations will resume from Aug 11 after they were suspended amid the unrest surrounding the quota reform protests.

All exams previously scheduled before Aug 11 have been suspended, according to Tapan Kumar Sarkar, president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of the Dhaka Education Board.

“A new schedule will be announced either today or tomorrow,” he said on Thursday.

On the night of Jul 16, schools, colleges, polytechnic schools, and all universities were suspended indefinitely as violence sparked around the protests calling for reforms to the quota system for government jobs.
The HSC and equivalent exams scheduled for Jul 18 were suspended.
When the situation worsened, the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee suspended the HSC and equivalent exams until Aug 1.
If the situation had returned to normal, exams would have resumed following the old schedule from Aug 4. But, on Thursday, the government decided to suspend the exams until Aug 11.
As tensions have eased, the government has also eased the curfew. Meanwhile, the government has decided to reopen primary schools across the country except for in the 12 city corporations and in Narsingdi district’s municipal area.