The results of two public examinations -- Junior School Certificate, Junior Dakhil Certificate, primary terminal and ebtedai examinations -- will be published on December 31.

The result sheets will be handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at PMO around 10:00am on that day, said Rabindranath Roy, public relation officer of the primary and mass education ministry.

The primary terminal exams for class-V students began on November 22 across the country with more than 32 lakh students taking part.

Of the total examinees, more than 29.49 lakh students of primary schools took the test, while around three lakh students of madrasas sat for the ebtedai exam.

Class VIII terminal tests – JSC and its madrassa equivalent JDC examinations – began across the country on November 1. A total of 2,325,933 examinees from 28,632 educational institutions appeared for the tests.