The Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) on Sunday postponed the examination of Bangla first paper under this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), BMT exam for unavoidable reason.
The exam of Class XI under both the new and old syllabus has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, according to an urgent instruction signed by Md Kepayet Ullah, Controller of Technical Education Board.
Afresh date for the exams will be announced soon, it added.
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations began across the country today with the examination of Bangla first paper. According to officials, the total number of candidates under 11 education boards- nine general education boards, one madrasah board and one technical board - is 12, 03,407 this year.
Of them, 6, 22,796 are male examinees and 5, 80,611 are female students.
The examinations took place at 2,649 centres while the exams will end on December 13.
Of the nine general education boards, a total of 9, 85,713 examinees from 2,678 educational institutions are appearing in the examinations at 1,528 centers. Among them, 5, 82, 183 are male while 5, 03, 530 female students.
This year, a total of 94,763 candidates under the madrasah education board are sitting for the examinations from 2, 678 educational institutions at 448 centers.
Of them, as many as 51, 695 are male students while 43,068 female students.
About 1, 22, 931 candidates from 1, 856 educational institutions are participating in the HSC (BM/BMT) HSC (Vocational) and Diploma-in-Commerce examinations at 673 centers under the technical education board.
Among them, some 88,918 are male students while the number of female students is 34,013.
The total number of examinees was 13, 99,690 last year while the number of examinees this year declined by 1, 96,283 compared to that of last year.
