Coaching centres to remain shut from 8 to 25 Nov: Dipu Moni

All coaching centres across the country will remain closed from 8 to 25 November ahead of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, said education minister Dipu Moni on Wednesday, reports UNB.

SSC and equivalent examinations for the academic session 2020-21 will begin on 14 November, Dipu Moni said at a press briefing at the secretariat.

This year the SSC and the HSC examinations could not be held as per the schedules due to the Covid-19 pandemic and then the government decided to hold the examinations with shortened syllabuses.

The examinations will be held with short syllabuses on three elective subjects on a group basis. According to the schedule, the SSC and its equivalent examinations will end on 23 November.