HSC supplementary exams set for Dec 1

The supplementary examinations for students who failed in two subjects in the 2026 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be held on December 1.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee on Wednesday (November 4).

Earlier, on October 31, Prime Minister's Education Adviser Mahdi Amin announced at a programme at the Secretariat marking the publication of this year's HSC and equivalent examination results that the government had decided to give students who failed in one or two subjects another opportunity to sit for the examinations.

He said a coordinated plan was being prepared to hold the supplementary examinations within a month.

Mahdi Amin said 522,905 students had failed in two subjects and that the examinations would be arranged for them within a month.

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon said a total of 594,113 students had failed in the examinations. Of them, 298,040 failed in one subject, while 124,865 failed in two subjects.

He said a total of 422,905 students who failed in one or two subjects would be given another opportunity to sit for the examinations within a month to prevent them from losing an academic year.

The minister urged unsuccessful students not to consider failure the end of their academic journey and encouraged them to prepare for the supplementary examinations.

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