Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- This year's junior scholarship exams for students in eighth grade will begin across Bangladesh on Dec 8, with candidates to be tested in five subject areas.

The exams will run until Dec 15, according to the recently approved schedule.

Prof Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel, chairman of the Junior Scholarship Examination Executive Committee and director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, confirmed the schedule to bdnews24.com on Sunday.

The education ministry's academic calendar had initially set a tentative window of Dec 15-20 for the exams, but the final schedule has brought them forward by a week.

The exams will begin with Bangla on Dec 8, followed by English on Dec 10, and mathematics...