JSC, JDC exams postponed for cyclone Bulbul

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations, scheduled to be held on Saturday across the country, have been deferred due to cyclone Bulbul which is approaching to the costs.

Chairman of Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, M Ziaul Haque, confirmed this to Prothom Alo on Friday night.

"Saturday's JSC examination will be held on 12 November while the JDC exam on 14 November," he said.

The JSC and its equivalent JDC examinations began on 2 November across the country, with the participation of 2,661,682 examinees.

Examinees of both JSC and JDC were scheduled to sit for mathematics examination on Saturday at 10:00am.

But cyclone Bulbul is predicted to hit the Bangladesh coasts anytime between evening to midnight on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Friday evening asked maritime ports of Mongla and Payra to hoist danger signal number seven, and port of Chittagong to raise danger signal number six as the very severe cyclonic storm was nearing to the coasts.