Next year’s SSC, HSC to be held on short syllabus: Dipu Monil

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2023 academic year will be held in April and June next year respectively on short syllabus.

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni revealed this information in a press conference at the Secretariat on Tuesday noon.

"SSC and equivalent exams in 2023 will be held following the 2022 academic session's syllabus. Similarly, HSC and equivalent exams of 2023 will be held according to the syllabus fixed on 180 working days," she said.

The exams will be held on all subjects and with full marking system, she added.

"However, the decision on holding JSC exams this year is yet to be taken,” Dipu Moni said.

The SSC and HSC exams of 2022 are slated to begin from June 19 and August 22, respectively, with a shortened syllabus.

According to the government's academic calendar, SSC exams are held from February 1 and HSC from April 1 every year. However, these exams were not held on time in the past two years due to Covid-19.