July 01, 2026
Rumman Turjo
bdnews24.com
Education Exodus: Falling Through the Cracks
Missing students: Over 724,000 candidates vanished from the higher secondary education ladder within just two years of clearing the SSC
Two years after clearing secondary school, hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi students are missing from the HSC examination rolls, raising fresh questions over the country's widening education divide
July 01, 2026
Rumman Turjo
bdnews24.com
Education Exodus: Falling Through the Cracks
Missing students: Over 724,000 candidates vanished from the higher secondary education ladder within just two years of clearing the SSC

Exams start at 2,697 centres nationwide under tighter security and CCTV monitoring

Examinees have to enter their centres at least 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled time

This year, around 1.86 million students registered for the SSC and equivalent examinations

The restrictions will be in place from Jul 2 until the end of the exams

Nearly a decade after more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s military violence in 2017, the humanitarian crisis in…

He says the move aims to end disparities between boards and align standards nationwide