Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations began across the country today with a total of 618,308 candidates from 7,237 educational institutions registered for the examinations.

The HSC and HSC-equivalent exams are being held in 1919 centers under eight general education boards, one technical and one Madrasha education boards.

The highest 153,398 students appeared at the examination from Dhaka Board while the lowest 18,340 from Sylhet Board.

A total of 59,354 examinees are sitting for the examination under Madrasha Board while 64,121 from Technical Education Board.

Some 170 students sat for the examination from five overseas centres in Jeddah, Riyadh, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Tripoli.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed restrictions on movements of all, except examinees, in a radius of 200 yards around the examination centres.

DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque said the ban was imposed under section 28 and 29 of the DMP Ordinance “to ensure peaceful atmosphere in all the examination centres in the metropolitan area”.

The restrictions will remain effective till May 28, said a DMP release.

According to the ministry of education, similar strict security measures have also been taken for other exam centres across the country.

Of the total candidates, 55.17 percent are boys and 44.83 percent girls.

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