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Cyclone suspends JSC, JDC exams scheduled for Nov 11
The government has suspended the Junior School Certificate or JSC and Junior Dakhil Certificate or JDC exams of Nov 11 due to Cyclone Bulbul, a severe storm which is nearing the coasts.
Published : 9 Nov 2019, 06:58 AM
Updated : 9 Nov 2019, 12:49 PM
The JSC test will now be held at 10am on Nov 13, the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education announced. The JDC exam has been rescheduled for 10 am on Nov 16.
It follows the postponement of Saturday’s JSC and JDC math exams which were rescheduled for Nov 12 and Nov 14, respectively.
The eighth grade completion tests have been taking place since Nov 2.
Around 2.65 million students have registered for the tests this year.
The eight general education boards had scheduled the JSC science exam for Nov 11 while the madrasa board was set to hold JDC English test on the same day.
But the cyclone is likely to hit the Bangladesh coasts on Saturday evening.
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