Dhaka, June 27 -- The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2025 began across the country on Thursday.

The exams which will continue until August 10 started with the Bangla 1st paper at 10:00 am. A total of 1,251,111 candidates have registered for the examinations from 11 education boards this year.

Of the candidates, 618,015 are male and 633,096 are female. A total of 1,055,398 students are registered under the General Education Board. On the other hand, 86,102 candidates are under the Madrasa Education Board (Alim), while 109,611 are enrolled under the Technical Education Board.

The examinations are being held at 2,797 centres. The total number of participating educational institutions is 9,314.

Meanwhile, t...