The 1,38,960 examinees are going to appear Higher Secondary Examination (HSC) examination under the board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rajshahi to be held on August 17 instant.

 Controller of the exam said that the examinees will appear in the public examination in 200 examination centres from 749 colleges under 8 districts under Rajshahi division and among them, 73,301 male and 65,659 female examinees are going to appear HSC of 2023.

BISE, Rajshahi source said that the 34,447 students will appear in the examinations from science group, while 91,095 from humanities and 13,291 from Business Studies, 18 from home economics, 104 from Islamic studies, 5 from music this year.

Among them, 1,20,972 are regular, 17,646 irregular, 329 are Improvement examinees and 13 are private examinees, added the source. The source added that HSC examination will begin at 10 AM and ends at 1 PM on the scheduled date of the examination and the examinees will be allowed to enter into the examination room before 30 minutes and OMR sheet and answer script will be supplied then and the examinees have to fill up roll, registration number, session, other information properly before getting question, added the source.

The source also added that creative question examination will be held for 2.30 hours and MCQ question will be held for half an hour totaling 3 hours of each exam.

Contacted, Professor Md. Shahjahan Ali, Principal of Govt. Azizul Haque College said that the students have taken preparation completely and their good and expected result will turn Bogura as the city of education again.

Jahirul Haque, Assistant Controller of REB, Rajshahi said that the examinees have to enter into their respective examinations centres so that they can fill up their cover page of scripts with care being free from any tension.

Contacted, Md. Ariful Islam, Controller of Examinations of Rajshahi Education Board (REB), said that they have to take necessary preparations for holding the examinations successfully as the examination will be held in scheduled time published by the education board.

Vigilance teams were formed side by side with the help of the respective district and upazila administrations for peaceful examinations, added the Controller.