The Primary Terminal Examination (PTE), also known as Primary School Certificate examination, for Thursday has been rescheduled to Saturday.
Information and Public Relation Officer of Primary and Mass Education Ministry Rabindranath Roy informed the Dhaka Tribune.
The examination will be held at 11am, said the official.
The decision was made during a meeting at the education ministry on Wednesday, immediately after the 18-party extended their ongoing 48-hour blockade to end at 6pm on Thursday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the education ministry rescheduled Wednesday's science examination to Friday because of the 48-hour blockade.
The PTE started on November 20, this year a total of 2,950,193 class-V students are registered to take the public exam. The examinations will end on November 28.
