A total of 26,70,333 -- 14,46,601 girls and 12,23,732 boys -- have registered from 29,677 schools and madrasas for this year's exams.
This year, over 22.67 lakh students will sit for the JSC exams under eight general education boards. Over 4.02 lakh students will take the JDC exams under madrasa education board.
JSC examinees or students from general schools is taking Bangla first paper test on the first day, while the madrasa students or JDC examinees for Quran Mazid and Tazbid. The exams will end on November 15.
The examination, which replaced the scholarship tests, was introduced in 2010 when around 14.92 lakh students participated in the test across the country.
Of the total examinees this year, about 2.80 lakh are irregular, while some 2.61 lakh students who had flunked in upto three subjects will retake the exams, according to statistics provided by the ministry.
The exams will be held on seven subjects on a total of 650 marks.
Some 578 overseas students will sit for the tests at eight overseas centres.
Closing down all coaching centres till the end of the exams, opening sealed packets containing question papers 25 minutes prior to the test, and banning mobile phone, smartwatch, digital pen and any digital device within 200 metres of the exam centres are some of the steps taken to ensure that the examinations are held in a free and fair manner.
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