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SANGSAD BHABAN, July 15, 2026 (BSS) - Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon today announced that Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examination candidates who missed any examination due to adverse weather or other unavoidable circumstances will be given a special opportunity to sit for the missed subjects.

The minister said the affected candidates would be allowed to take the examinations alongside the postponed examinations of the Chattogram Education Board, using the same question papers.

"The examinations will be held on the dates and times to be fixed by the Ministry of Education," he said.

Milon made the announcement in a statement under Rule 300 of the Rules of Procedure in the Jatiya Sangsad today.

The minister said a total of 1,270,583 candidates are taking part in the ongoing HSC and equivalent examinations at 2,697 examination centres across the country.

He said examinations under the Chattogram Education Board in five districts -- Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban -- were postponed due to heavy rainfall and inclement weather.

Milon said, apart from the Chattogram Education Board, a number of candidates in Dhaka and several other districts were also unable to attend examinations because of adverse weather and other unavoidable reasons.

"Considering the importance of their academic careers, the government has decided to provide a special arrangement," he said.

Under the decision, candidates who missed examinations because of bad weather or other unavoidable circumstances will be allowed to sit for the relevant subjects with the postponed Chattogram Education Board examinations using the same question papers on the dates to be announced by the Ministry of Education.

Describing the HSC examination as a 'crucial milestone' in the students' academic life, the minister said the government had taken the decision on special consideration to ensure that no candidate suffers academic loss.
 
Referring to errors in the Physics First Paper question paper, Dr. Milon said the officials responsible for preparing the faulty paper have already been suspended temporarily.

He assured examinees and their guardians that no candidate would be disadvantaged by the mistakes in Questions 6 and 7 of the Physics First Paper.

The minister said all candidates would be awarded full marks for the two questions.