JSC exams begin tomorrow
Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin tomorrow for the first time in the country, with the participation of more than 15 lakh students of Class VIII.
The examinations, considered the second largest public exam after primary terminal ones, will be held at 260 centres across the country under eight general education boards and one madrasa education board.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police restricts common people's access to a radius of 200 yards of each exam centre to create congenial atmosphere. DMP Acting Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Jalil Mondal in a press release said the restriction will continue from November 4 to 14.
JSC and JDC examinations will end on November 14 and November 15 respectively.
JSC examinations will be held on nine subjects, each carrying 100 marks. Of the nine, Bangla 1st paper and Bangla 2nd paper will be held in a day, and English 1st paper and English 2nd paper in another day. JDC examinations will be held on 10 subjects.
Some 15,20,731 students -- 12,48,0789 from schools and 2,72,653 from madrasas -- from 27,651 institutions are likely to take the examinations under a uniform question paper, according to official stats.
The highest number of examinees is from Dhaka Education Board, with the number being around 3.74 lakh. The lowest number of examinees, around 70,500, is from Sylhet Board.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will brief the media today to inform of the latest state of the examinations.
The results will be published in grading system. Academic transcripts, not certificates, will be issued after the results, said the education ministry officials.
The ministry officials observed that the examinations would bring qualitative changes in the education system and help reduce the gap between the standard of education in urban and rural areas.
Around 18.23 lakh students of class V sat the primary terminal examinations introduced last year. From now on, there will be no separate scholarship examination. The students must pass the exams to get enrolled in class IX. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of their results, said the ministry sources.
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