The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin from November 1, the education minister said today.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement at a national committee meeting on public examination monitoring.

The exams will be held in a peaceful environment with no scopes for examinees to resort to unfair means during the exams. Stern actions will be taken against those who will be found to be involved in question leaking and spreading rumours of question leakage, the minister said.

The minister further said those involved in preparation, moderation and distribution of question papers in different boards and at BG Press will be under observation.

All the coaching centres and photocopy centres countrywide will also be under observation, he added.