BanglaPress Desk: The schedule for the supplementary examinations for students who did not pass this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations has been released. According to the schedule, the supplementary exams will begin on December 1 with the English Paper I and Paper II examinations and will continue until December 15.
This information was confirmed on Thursday (November 12) through the release of the supplementary examination schedule, signed by Professor Jasmine Taslima Banu—the convener of the Inter-Education Board Examination Controllers' Committee and the Examination Controller of the Dhaka Education Board.
The notice states that the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC and equivalent) supplementary examinations will be held according to the provided schedule. However, it is also noted that the board authorities reserve the right to modify this schedule if necessary.
As per the published schedule, the examinations will commence on December 1, with English Paper I held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, followed by English Paper II from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Additionally, examinations for Bangla Paper I and II are scheduled for December 2; Physics, Accounting, and Logic for December 3; and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for December 5. Other subjects will also be held according to the designated schedule.
The written examinations will conclude on December 15 with the Economics and Arabic papers. The schedule further mandates that all practical examinations must also be completed by December 15.
The results for this year’s HSC and equivalent examinations were published on October 31. The pass rate for the HSC this year stands at 52.12 percent, with 40,084 students achieving a GPA-5. Across the nine general education boards, a total of 646,686 students passed. Meanwhile, 422,905 students failed in one or two subjects—specifically, 298,040 students failed in one subject, and 124,865 students failed in two subjects. On the day the results were announced, Mahdi Amin—an advisor to Prime Minister Tareq Rahman—and Education Minister A. N. M. Ehsanul Haque Milon stated that supplementary examinations for students who failed would be held within one or two months. In line with this, the supplementary examinations for these students are set to begin on December 1st.
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