The traffic division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has urged all the SSC examinees to keep enough time in hand while leaving their residences for the examination centres.
DMP issued a press release signed by Hafiz Al Asad, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of the DMP's Media and Public Relations Department on Wednesday in this regard.
The press note read amid heavy rain over the last few days and ongoing construction in different roads, the movement of vehicles has been very slow due to the accumulation of water on various roads.
DMP has also banned public access except students within 200 yards of exam centres during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, said another circular signed by DMP Commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam.
The order will remain in force till the end of the examinations.
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin from Thursday.
This year, the examinations will be held for two hours – 20 minutes for the MCQ part and 1 hour and 40 minutes for the written part, said Education Minister Dipu Moni.
All examinees have been asked to enter exam halls 30 minutes before the exam starts and no one except the exam secretary will be allowed to carry a cellular phone.
The examinations will end on October 18.
This year, 2,021,868 students are expected to take the SSC and its equivalent exams; last year the number was 2,243,254. The number of candidates has decreased by 221,386 this year.
About 1,599,711 candidates will sit for the SSC exams under nine general education boards, 268,495 for the Dakhil exam under Madrasa Education Board, and 153,662 for vocational exam under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board, the minister said.
Around 3,790 centres have been prepared for the SSC exams across the country.
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