2 JSC exams rescheduled

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid addresses a press briefing at secretariat Sunday. Photo: Focus Bangla

Two Junior School Certificate-level examinations scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday will now be held on Friday and Saturday.

The government rescheduled the exams today due to the opposition's countrywide 60-hour hartal (shutdown) which begins at 6:00am tomorrow.

The Friday's exam will begin at 2:15pm due to Juma prayer and primary teachers' recruitment test the same day, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said at a press briefing in the capital today.

The minister also urged the 18-party opposition leaders not to take any decision which may hamper the next examinations of the young students.

The current political unrest heightened anxiety among the students of class-V and -VIII and their guardians.

Around 50 lakh students of these levels will take the Primary and Ebtedai Terminal examinations and JSC and JDC examinations.