The government on Thursday suspended the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations till August 10 and announced that all the suspended exams would be held from August 11 with a new schedule.
As per the new schedule, the exams will be concluded on September 18, almost a month later of its original schedule.
The decision was taken amid the ongoing countrywide curfew following the student protests for quota reform in government jobs from July 1.
Education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury told 抖阴精品 that so far they had information about four HSC candidates who were arrested during quota protests.
In a message, he also said that among the four candidates three got bail on Thursday.
A press release, issued by the ministry same day, read that the ministry had appointed lawyers for the three HSC candidates under police custody to give them legal assistance.
The candidates got bail from Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate鈥檚 Court on Thursday, it added.
Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee on Thursday issued a notice stating that the ongoing HSC and equivalent examinations under all 11 boards from August 4 were suspended for unavoidable reasons.
From August 11 the postponed exams would be held on a new schedule, the notice added.
Later in the evening, the committee published a new schedule for the postponed exams to be held between August 11 and September 8 and the practical exams to be held between September 9 and 18.
According to the original schedule, the theoretical part of the exams was scheduled to end by August 11 and practical part by August 21.聽
The government on July 25 suspended HSC and equivalent examinations scheduled for July 28, 29 and 31 and August 1 due to 鈥榰navoidable circumstances鈥�.
Before that on July 19, the committee suspended the examinations under all 11 boards, scheduled for July 21, 23 and 25 amid the quota reform movement.
On July 16, the committee suspended the examinations under all 11 boards, scheduled for July 18.
At least 214 deaths from violence centring student protests were confirmed by 抖阴精品 correspondents between July 16 and July 31 from hospital and police sources.
The government on July 16 announced the indefinite closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions.
On the same day, the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh and National University authorities announced all the public, private universities and colleges closed sine die.聽
On July 17, the primary and mass education ministry announced the indefinite closure of government primary schools in areas under the jurisdiction of city corporations, and later on July 20, it announced closure of all primary schools.
On Wednesday the ministry announced that classes would resume in the government primary schools except those in the areas under 12 city corporations and Narsingdi municipality from August 4.
