Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee has instructed to enhance time in the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations because of inclement weather.
HSC examinees in different places across Bangladesh, including Dhaka and Chattogram, today faced problem to reach examination centers due to rain and water-logging.
Dhaka Education Board chairman and Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee president Tapan Kumar Sarkar said that, according to weather forecasts, it might rain in the next 5-7 days.
He said that many examinees on Sunday faced problems due to rain and traffic congestion.
So, instructions have been given to enhance time in examinations considering the sufferings of examinees due to inclement weather, he added.
Dhaka Education Board also issued an urgent notification giving the instruction of enhancing time in the examinations.
It said that, if required, main entrance of the examination centers would have to be opened before specified time to allow the examinees to enter the centers during the rainy days.
In case of delay -- of half an hour or one hour in beginning examination in any center -- this time should be adjusted to end the examination, the notification added.
The HSC and its equivalent exams started across the country, except Sylhet division, on Sunday.
