The Secondary School Certificate, SSC, and its equivalent examinations begin from Thursday, April 10.

The exams start at 10:00am and will continue till 1:00pm.

Examinees must enter their centres at least 30 minutes before the exam started.

This year, 19,28,281 students under 11 educational boards are participating in the exams.

Of them, 14,90,142 are under nine general education boards, 2,94,726 under madrasa board and 1,43,313 are under technical education board.

All preparations have been completed to hold the exams and there is no chance of question paper leak, Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee president and Dhaka Education Board chairman, Khondokar Ehsanul Kabir.