Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni Wedneday said the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin across the country on November 14.

"The closure of educational institutions was imposed by the government due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If the pandemic had not emerged, the SSC exams would have been started in the first week of February like in other years," she said.

The education minister said this at a press conference on SSC or equivalent examinations at the conference room of the Ministry of Education here, reports BSS.

This year, in the tolerable situation of the pandemic, the students will have to give the exams on three elective subjects with short syllabus, she added.

She said a total o...