DHAKA, Dec 29, 2021 (BSS) - Results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will be published tomorrow. 

   Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni earlier said the results of SSC and equivalent examinations will be published from city's Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) around 10 am. 

   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to join the programme virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence, she said. 

   This year's Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams began on November 14 and concluded on November 23.

   The number of total examinees was 2,227,113.

   The examinations were held only in three optional subjects with a shortened syllabus due to Covid-19 pandemic. 

   Exams for science, humanities and business groups were held on separate days and health guidelines were strictly followed during the exams.

   Examinees did not sit for tests in compulsory subjects like Bangla, English and Mathematics.

   The results of the three optional subjects and the grade point average (GPA) of the students' previous public examinations, including Junior School Certificate (JSC), have been taken into consideration in preparing the final results.

   The exam duration for each paper was one and a half hour and there was no break between MCQ and written tests.