No decision on JSC, JDC exams

It is uncertain whether the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations will be held during the Jamaat-e-Islami’s 3-day nationwide shutdown. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday told reporters that he, too, was ‘worried’. ‘We are not considering deferring the exams right now,’ he said. Jamaat has announced to hit Bangladesh with a 3-day strike – Thursday, Sunday and Monday – protesting against its chief Matiur Rahman Nizami's conviction for war crimes. The JSC and JDC examinations are scheduled to kick off from Nov 2, as per a schedule published by the education ministry on July 23. JSC candidates are to sit for Bangla first paper while the JDC examinees are scheduled to sit Quran Majid and Tajbid tests on Sunday. Over 2 million candidates are taking the JSC and equivalent tests this year but Jamaat’s strike call has thrown them into uncertainty, according to bdnews24.com.