The government is set to release the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams on February 8.

Tapan Kumar Sarkar, convener of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee, confirmed the date on Sunday.

The 2022 HSC and equivalent exams started on Nov 6 after a lengthy delay due to a combination of the coronavirus pandemic and deadly floods in the northeast.

A total of 1,203,407 students from nine general education boards, the madrasa board and the technical education board sat for the exams. Of them, 6,22,769 were boys and 5,80,611 were girls.

The higher secondary assessments were based on an abridged syllabus while the number of subjects was also reduced.

Tapan earlier said that a proposal to publish the results between Feb 7 and 9 was sent to the ministry for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's approval.

The education boards are required to release the results within two months after the end of the exams. The deadline, therefore, ends on Feb 11.