<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>This year's HSC and equivalent exams may begin on August 17. Secondary and higher education boards are already preparing according to the target. Multiple sources of Inter Education Board and Dhaka Education Board said that the final date of the exam may be decided later this week.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this regard, the coordinator of the inter-education board and the chairman of the Dhaka education board, Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar told reporters that preparations have been made for the start of the HSC examinations on August 16 or 17. In the meantime, the Ministry of Education has proposed to fix the final date. The examination will start from the day that the Ministry finalizes between these two days.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Education Board's Office of the Controller of Examinations, the public examinations usually start on Sunday or Thursday. This practice has been going on for many years. As such, it has been proposed to start the HSC examination on Thursday, August 17.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, on August 16, an alternative was proposed. Nevertheless, there is a high possibility that the HSC exam will start on August 17.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Madrasa and technical board exams will also start on the same day, along with 9 general education boards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since 2010, the SSC exam was generally held in the first week of February and the HSC exam was scheduled for the first week of April. However, due to the coronavirus epidemic, the HSC exam 2021 starts on December 2 and 2022 exam starts on November 6.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/khotib</div>