Dhaka, March 16 -- This year, 1.93 million students are appearing in the Secondary School Certificate, or SSC, and equivalent examinations.

Of these, 1.49 million students will appear for the exam under nine general education boards.

About 294,726 will take the Dakhil examination under the Madrasah Education Board, while 143,313 will appear under the Technical Education Board.

The National Monitoring and Law and Order Committee for SSC and Equivalent Examinations met at the education ministry on Sunday.

After the meeting, the ministry's press release said among the examinees, 701,538 are male students, and 788,604 are female students.

These students from 18,084 schools will appear in the examination at 2,291 centres.

In the Dakhil e...