Dhaka, May 3 -- Results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of this year will be published on May 12, according to reports published by local news portals on Friday citing their sources at the education ministry.

Earlier, the education boards forwarded a proposal to the Ministry of Education for selecting the possible dates of May 9, 10 and 11 for publishing the result. Then the ministry forwarded the proposal to the Prime Minister's Office.

On Thursday, Prime Minister's Office directed the education ministry to publish the results on May 12, the reports said.

The SSC and equivalent examinations of this year started on February 15. Some 20,24,192 students appeared in the examinations under eleven education...