First HSC exams in pandemic

Students enter the Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka to take their HSC exams that started across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students enter the Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka to take their HSC exams that started across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students enter the Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka to take their HSC exams that started across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students undergo a body temperature check at the entrance to Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka before the HSC exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students sanitise their hands at the entrance to Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka before the HSC exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Students take their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Preeti, a student who arrived late at Dhaka City College centre for her HSC exam due to traffic, stands outside as punishment. Parents waiting outside later implored the authorities to let her enter the exam centre on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Preeti, a student who arrived late at Dhaka City College centre for her HSC exam due to traffic, stands outside as punishment. Parents waiting outside later implored the authorities to let her enter the exam centre on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Education Minister Dipu Moni visits the Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka on the first day of HSC exams on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

Education Minister Dipu Moni speaks to the media after visiting Govt Shaheed Suhrawardy College centre in Old Dhaka on the first day of HSC exams on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Kazi Salahuddin Razu

A mother offers prayers outside an exam centre while her child takes the HSC test. Many parents are seen waiting outside Dhaka City College as students sat for the test on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A mother offers prayers outside an exam centre while her child takes the HSC test. Many parents are seen waiting outside Dhaka City College as students sat for the test on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Parents wait outside the Dhaka City College centre on the first day of HSC exams on Thursday, Dec 2, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi