<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The government has set September 15 as new date for starting this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations. Education Minister Dipu Moni announced the new date at a press conference in this regard on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>HSC exams will start in the first week of November of this year, she added. </div><div><br></div><div>On June 17, authorities postponed SSC and its equivalent exams for an indefinite period, as the floods in the country's north-east worsened.</div><div><br></div><div>The exams were scheduled to be held from June 19 to July 6.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, it was deferred by about four months because of the pandemic. Usually, the SSC exam takes place in February.</div><div><br></div><div>Dipu Moni said the students of the flood-hit areas who lost their textbooks will be given new books on July 6.</div><div><br></div><div>Once the distribution of books is completed, the students need a little time to prepare themselves for the exams, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>