The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent supplementary examinations this year will begin on 1 December, with the written tests scheduled to continue until 15 December.
The Inter-Education Board Examination Controllers Committee published the examination routine on Thursday.
The schedule was signed by Professor Md Jasim Uddin, convener of the committee and Controller of Examinations at the Dhaka Education Board.
According to the routine, the examinations will begin with English First Paper on 1 December. Bangla First and Second Papers will be held on 2 December, followed by Physics, Accounting and Logic on 3 December. The ICT examination is scheduled for 5 December.
Examinations in other subjects will be held according to the published schedule.
The written examinations will conclude on 15 December with Economics and Arabic. Practical examinations must also be completed by that day.
The examinations will take place in two shifts.
The morning shift will run from 10am to 1pm, while the afternoon shift will be held from 2pm to 5pm.
Candidates must enter their examination centres at least 30 minutes before the start of each test.
Mobile phones will not be allowed inside the centres, although approved non-programmable scientific calculators may be used.
Meanwhile, the form-fill-up process for the supplementary examinations began on 5 November and ended on 9 November.
Just over 4,00,000 students completed the registration process, with English accounting for the highest number of candidates.
A total of 2,46,286 students registered to retake English, making it the most sought-after subject.
ICT ranked second, with 1,38,514 registrations, while Chemistry came third with 27,466 candidates.
A smaller number of students also completed registration for supplementary examinations in several other subjects.
