Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Education boards have directed colleges not to hold the test exams for Higher Secondary Certificate students for now.

Colleges have instead been asked to continue with regular classes, with the boards saying that the schedule for the 2024-25 session's selection tests will be announced later through an official notice.

Prof SM Kamal Uddin Haider, controller of examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, told bdnews24.com on Sunday afternoon: "Many colleges are now arranging test exams for 12th-grade students in November, citing the national election scheduled for February.

"As a result, students are not getting enough preparation time before the exams. So we have advised colleges to continu...