Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- The junior scholarship exam for eighth graders is set to be held after a long break.

More than 346,000 students are set to participate, which will start simultaneously across the country on Sunday and continue until Wednesday.

Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (DSHE) Board Examination Controller Prof SM Kamal Uddin Haider told bdnews24.com on Saturday, "The exam will be conducted at 611 centres across the country under the supervision of nine general education boards.

"A total of 346,591 candidates are expected to participate in the exam. The education boards have made all preparations to organise the exams."

Papers will cover Bengali, English, Mathematics, Science, and Bangladesh and Global Studies (BGS...