The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations, in which over 12.70 lakh examinees participated, will be announced on Saturday.

The results will be officially announced at 11 am at the conference room of the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education.

Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon will inaugurate the result publication proceedings as the chief guest.

Prime Minister's Adviser on Education and Primary and Mass Education Mahdi Amin, secretaries of the two divisions of the Education Ministry, chairmen of all boards, and officials of the ministry and the respective boards associated with the examinations will be present at the event.

Immediately following the unveiling, examinees will be able to access their results concurrently through their educational institutions, designated websites and SMS.

Online, results can be accessed using roll and registration numbers from [https://eduboardresults.gov.bd] and [https://educationboardresults.gov.bd].

Results can also be retrieved instantly by sending an SMS to 16140 from any mobile operator following the prescribed format.

The HSC and equivalent examinations commenced simultaneously across the nation on July 2 under nine general education boards, the Bangladesh Technical Education Board, and the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board.

Although the written examinations were slated to conclude on August 8, certain exams across several boards, including Chattogram, were deferred owing to natural disasters and floods and conducted subsequently. The practical examinations were concluded by August 15.

The Education Ministry stated that an aggregate of 12,70,583 examinees participated in the examinations under 11 boards this year. Among them, 6,21,969 were male students and 6,48,614 were female students.

This year, 26,645 more female than male candidates appeared for the HSC examinations.

Students from 9,439 educational institutions sat for the examinations across 2,697 centres nationwide.

This year, the examinations were conducted under a standardized question paper across the nine general education boards.

A total of 10,69,714 examinees participated across the nine boards.

Meanwhile, an Inter-Education Board press release noted that applications for rescrutiny or reassessment of answer scripts for students dissatisfied with their results will commence from November 1.

Students can submit applications online through November 7. Comprehensive instructions will be published on the respective education boards' websites.