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The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have begun, with nearly 1.93 million students registered to participate.
The SSC, Dakhil, and vocational exams started simultaneously at 10:00 am on Thursday.
The examinees were seen entering the centres from 9:00 am onwards.
Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar is likely to visit the Motijheel Government Boys High School and Motijheel Government Girls High School exam centres at 10:30 am, according to a bdnews24.com report.
As many as 1.4 million students have registered to take part in the exams under the nine general education boards, 294,726 will sit for Dakhil exams under the Madrasa Boardh, and143, 313 students to participate in the SSC and Dakhil Vocational exams under the Technical Education Board.