Dhaka, April 20 -- This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations will begin across Bangladesh on Tuesday, with a total of 1,857,344 students set to sit for the tests.

All necessary preparations have been completed to ensure the examinations are held in a transparent, fair and orderly manner nationwide.

Prime Minister's Adviser Mahdi Amin shared the information at a press conference held at the Secretariat on Monday. Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon was also present.

Of the total examinees, 930,305 are males and 927,039 females - from 30,666 institutions. The number of centres is 3,885 this year.

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