Dhaka: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 6.

A copy of the result will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 10:00am on the day, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid.

Later in the afternoon, the results will be formally announced at a press conference at the Secretariat, Nahid added.

The SSC and its equivalent examinations began across the country on February 1 and ended on February 26.

A total of 20,31,899 students from 28,551 educational institutions have appeared in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations from 3,412 centres across the country.