TDS Desk:

This year’s HSC exams would start on 26 June and continue till 21 August, according to the routine published on Wednesday.

Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee SM Kamal Uddin Haider signed on the routine.

According to the special instructions, examinees must take their seats in the examination hall at least 30 minutes before the exam begins. The exam will start with the multiple-choice questions (MCQ), followed by the creative/descriptive (theoretical) section.

For a 30-mark MCQ exam, the duration will be 30 minutes, while the 70-mark creative (CQ) exam will have an allotted time of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The 25-mark MCQ exam will last 25 minutes, while the 50-mark creative (CQ) exam will last 2 hours and 35 minutes.

The exam will continue uninterrupted for the duration specified in the question paper, and there will be no break between the MCQ and CQ sections.