HSC retest announced for three subjects

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has announced that three Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will be retaken for students who were unable to sit the tests properly due to continuous rain and flooding.

The announcement came in parliament on Tuesday as students continued protests in Dhaka and other areas demanding the minister's resignation over the government's decision not to postpone the HSC and equivalent examinations despite severe weather across parts of the country.

The minister said the Physics First Paper, Accounting and Logic examinations would be held again for affected candidates.

According to Milon, the retake examinations will be conducted when the postponed examinations for districts under the Chattogram Education Board are rescheduled following the flood disruption.

He said those postponed examinations would be held with new question papers, and students across the country who were affected by heavy rain and flooding would be allowed to sit the same examinations.

The Chattogram Education Board had earlier postponed examinations in districts affected by flooding after heavy rainfall inundated large areas and disrupted transport links.�"bdnews24