The schedule for the supplementary examinations of students who failed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations this year has been published.
The supplementary examinations will begin on December 1 with English First and Second Papers and continue until December 15.
The information was confirmed in the examination schedule signed by Professor Jesmin Taslima Banu, convener of the Inter-Education Board Examination Controllers Committee and controller of examinations of the Dhaka Education Board, on Thursday (November 12).
According to the published schedule, the HSC and equivalent supplementary examinations 2026 will be held as per the announced timetable. However, the education boards may change the schedule if necessary.
According to the routine, English First Paper will be held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and English Second Paper from 2: 00 PM to 5:00 PM on December 1.
Bangla First and Second Papers will be held on December 2, Physics, Accounting and Logic on December 3, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on December 5. Examinations in other subjects will be held according to the published schedule.
The written examinations will conclude on December 15 with Economics and Arabic. Practical examinations must also be completed by December 15.
The results of this year's HSC and equivalent examinations were published on October 31. The pass rate in the HSC examinations stood at 52.12 per cent, while 40,084 students achieved GPA-5.
A total of 646,686 students passed across nine general education boards. However, 422,905 students failed in one or two subjects. Of them, 298,040 failed in one subject and 124,865 in two subjects.
On the day the results were announced, Mahdi Amin, an adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, and Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon announced that supplementary examinations for unsuccessful students would be held within one or two months.
As part of that initiative, the supplementary examinations are set to begin on December 1
-MT