<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of 2024 will begin on February 15.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board chairman Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar confirmed the matter to UNB over phone on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The schedule of the examinations will be published on the website, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in August, Education Minister Dipu Moni announced that the SSC and equivalent exams of 2024 will be held in February while the HSC and equivalent exams in April, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>For the past several years, the authorities concerned had to rearrange the academic calendar due to the Covid-19 pandemic and natural disaster, but it will be fully set from the next year, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>