There will be no Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exams this year, Education Minister Dipu Moni said today.

The pass rate of Junior Secondary Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations hit an all-time low in 2017 at 83.65 percent, a 9.41 percent dip from 2016.

A total of 60,893 candidates are absent on the first day of Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations while 15 students are expelled for resorting to unfair means.

Tomorrow’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin at 2:00pm instead of 10:00am due to a half-day hartal called by Gonojagoron Mancha.

Class VIII terminal tests – Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its madrassa equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations – began across the country.

The government has taken stern steps against question paper “leak” for the upcoming JSC tests that will begin from November 1, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid says.

Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin from November 1.