<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams for the academic session 2021-22 are being held from today.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The exams will be held from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year, a total of 12,03,407 examinees are sitting for the exams. Of them, 6,22,769 are boys and 5,80,611 are girls.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read more: HSC exams to be held with shortened syllabus, question paper</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">HSC, equivalent exams are being held in 2,649 centers and 9,181 institutions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Examinees will not be allowed to carry mobile phones or any other devices.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, written HSC exams will continue till December 13. Practical exams will be held from December 15 to 22.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Examinees will have to sit for the HSC exams for three hours — for 100 marks — in all subjects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Students will have two hours to finish the exams — 20 minutes for multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and 1 hour and 40 minutes for creative questions (CQs).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">HSC exams are kicking off with Bangla first paper.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All coaching centres across Bangladesh are closed from November 3 to December 14 as per the directives of the government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) candidates and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure "proper and lawful" exams, according to DMP Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>