Over 1.35 million students of nearly 9,100 institutions are set to take the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations starting from Monday at 2,579 centres in Bangladesh.
The HSC and equivalents tests, including the practical exams, will continue until May 21.
Out of the total 1,351,505 candidates this year, 573,812 are male and 564,935 are female.
Like SSC, the HSC candidates have been asked to enter the centres half an hour before the start.
The sets of questions will be fixed through lottery 25 minutes before the exams.
No one will be allowed to take electronic devices into the centres. The officials in charge of the centres can take mobile phones inside, but not any with camera.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police have banned public movement within 200 yards of the centres.