HSC Results Today

The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2020 will be published today (Saturday).

The results will be announced at 10:30 am from International Mother Language Institute in the capital’s Segunbagicha, said M A Khair, public relations officer of education ministry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will participate in the programme through video conference from Ganabhaban, he said.

As many as 1,365,789 students will get their results under 11 education boards across the country.

The results will be published after coordinating 75% of the marks of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and 25% of the results of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent exams.

The HSC batch of 2020 will be the first batch of students to obtain certificates without appearing in the examinations, as the government decided in October last year not to hold the HSC exams due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is the first time in Bangladesh's history that a public examination has been canceled and students will receive a certificate without appearing in the exams.

The HSC and equivalent examinations were scheduled to begin on April 1 in 2020, but the government postponed it on March 22 due to the pandemic.

As many as 1,365,789 students were to appear in the examinations under 11 education boards across the country.

Earlier on Monday, the Government issued a gazette of three bills of amendment for the publication of HSC results and equivalent examinations without any examinations.

Before the publication of the gazette, President Md Abdul Hamid accepted the bills.

The bills of amendment were passed in Parliament on 24 January, paving the way for the publication of the HSC results without the tests being carried out.

These bills are “Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill 2021,” “Bangladesh Technical Education Board (Amendment) Bill 2021,” and “Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board (Amendment) Bill 2021.”

As per the previous laws, there was no provision to publish the HSC results without holding examinations. Since it was not possible to hold examinations amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the amendment bills were placed.

The cabinet earlier this month approved the draft bill for an amendment to the Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance 1961 allowing the education boards to publish the results without holding examinations during any crisis.