Junior School Certificate


The Junior School Certificate is a public examination taken by students in Bangladesh after successful completion of eight years of schooling. It is followed by the Secondary School Certificate.
Before JSC was introduced, an optional exam was taken in its place. It was only a voluntary vocational exam and not mandatory. Since 2011, the JSC exam questions have consisted of multiple sets of four questions, each requiring the student to have knowledge, understanding, application and higher order thinking skills regarding the subject matter to solve. This system has been termed as creative questions. It is said that JSC was also introduced so that the poor and destitute people of the country could do well in the exam. Examinees, if they fail, are allowed to retake the exam with other regular examinees the following year.

Mark distribution system

The Education Boards of Bangladesh has provided the result based on GPA, which depends on each subject average grade point. 70 marks will count as GP 4.00 and 69 marks will count as GP 3.50. For better understanding, the marks distribution chart is provided below.
Marks rangeGrade point Letter grade
0 to 32.50.00A
33 to 391.00A
40 to 492.00C
50 to 593.00B
60 to 693.50A-
70 to 794.00A
80 to 10065.00A+