The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams will begin on 21 April, according to the schedule published Thursday.

Prof SM Kamal Uddin Haider, convener of the Inter-Education Board Examination Controller Committee and Controller of Examinations at the Dhaka Education Board, has signed on the schedule.

Theoretical exams will continue till 20 May and the first SSC exam will be on Bangla Paper 1.

Practical exams will be taken during 7-14 June.