The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination, is a public examination in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan conducted as completion exam of secondary education. Students of 10th grade/class ten appear in these examinations. It is an equivalent to GCSE in England. SSC is equivalent to first two years of High Schools in the USA, and GCSE in England. HSC is equivalent to 3rd and 4th year of High School in the USA, which means they can start college with HSC certification in the USA.
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Bangladesh
In Bangladesh , High School is divided into Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and HSC (Higher Secondary School Certification) levels, although SSC is colloquially called high school due to its use during the British ruling time. After completing the 9th and 10th class (grade) students sit for a nationwide public examination called SSC and if they pass they get a chance to study in colleges or higher secondary schools.
Ministry of Education, Bangladesh makes it easy to check all Board exam results. They have adopted online result publication as Bangladesh declared a vision 2021, Digital Bangladesh. Examination result for all board result can be found at their official website.
India
In India it is also known as 10th Board Exam, a public examination that is conducted by various boards of education including CISCE, CBSE and other state boards for students of class 10 (Senior class).
The SSC examination is conducted in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa in India. In 2010, 1,626,342 students, including 901,417 boys, took this examination at 3,692 centres spread across the state of Maharashtra. More than 1.3 million students appeared in the CBSE class 10th Exam in 2014.
Procedure
The 10th class exam is conducted at the state level by the state boards of education and at the National level by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. Class 10 exam is conducted annually. 10th board exam syllabus may differ for students from different education boards.
Schedule
In India, 10th board exam is usually conducted in the months of March and April by most of the boards of education in India. An exam schedule is released by the boards at least one month before the exam. Class 10 board exam results are usually declared in the month of May/June. Some of the education boards in India also declare a list of top 15 students in the board exams, called the merit list.