HSC exams to be held with condensed syllabus

This year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams are likely to start on August 22 with curtailed syllabus and fewer marks than usual, reports UNB.
Students will have two hours to write the exams - 20 minutes for multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and 1 hour and 40 minutes for creative questions (CQs). This year's exams will kick off with the Bangla first paper followed by Bangla second paper. The schedule, signed by Professor SM Amirul Islam, convener of the board's Examination Regulatory Committee and controller of examinations of Dhaka Education Board, was released Sunday.
Typically, students would take a 3-hour test for 100 marks. However, taking stock of the learning losses students suffered during the pandemic, the syllabi and exams have been shortened.
However, even though students will sit for tests with fewer marks - 45 to 55 - their final mark will be converted out of 100 during the evaluation. Usually, HSC exams take place in April. The pandemic has forced the government to depart from the usual schedule.
However, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations for 2023 will be held on all subjects.
The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board issued a notice in this regard on Sunday. For the SSC level examinees, students will have to appear on their exams for full marks for all subjects while only 50 marks for ICT subject.