Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Education boards have instructed colleges to not suspend the test exams for Higher Secondary Certificate students presently.

Instead, colleges have been directed to maintain regular classes, while the boards have assured 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 college...