SC, JDC exams begins

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations have begun across the country at 10:00am today (Tuesday).

This year, a total of 2,412,775 examinees -- 11,24, 373 males and 12,88,402 females – are appearing in the JSC and JDC examinations.

The number of female students has marked a rise by 1,64,029 this time compared to the previous year.

The examinations will continue till November 17 and the results will be published within December 30.

Students from 28,761 educational institutions are taking part for the examinations holding simultaneously at 2,734 centres across the country.

1,03,653 irregular students are taking part in the JSC examination while 18,021 in JDC and the number of special students in JSC is 91,861 while in JDC it is 14,698.

Besides, 681 examinees are appearing in the examinations from eight overseas countries.

With UNB inputs