Now admission to reputed colleges worries them

Khairul Islam | Published: May 23, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2024 06:01:00

After publication of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exam results, now comes the battle for admission.
A large number of students who passed the SSC and equivalent exams this year are concerned that they might not get admitted to the colleges of their choice.
Â The big gap between the number of students who made excellent results and the availability of seats in the country's reputed colleges gave rise to the concern of the students as well as their guardians.
Eventually, most of the reputed colleges may not take students from outside, rather they will admit their own students who passed the SSC exam much to the concern of the admission seekers.
Â Nourose Kamal Siam, who secured the highest grade, golden GPA-5, in the SSC examinations, said "Our joy simply turns into hypertension when we think about admission to the desired colleges".
Like Siam, a number of students who passed the SSC exam with superb results, shared their feelings and demanded admission to colleges based on their individual marks, instead of the cumulative grade point average (CGPA).
Echoing the same, President of Obhibhabok Oikya Forum, a platform ofÂ guardians, Rezaul Karim Dolo, told the FE that along with the students, guardians were also worried about admission.
The guardians' leader also demanded modification of the existing admission guidelines by bringing some effective changes like enrolment of students based on their individual marks, not GPA.
According to Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics (BANBEIS), about 3,757 institutions including the government and non-government ones across the country have over one million seats for HSC students.
This year, about 1,426,923 students appeared in the country's secondary level public examinations. Of them, 1,303,331 came out successful. A total of 1,087,870 students appeared in exams under the eight general education boards. Of them, 1,008,174 came out successful with a combined pass rate of 92.67 per cent and about 122,313 students secured the highest marks while the number was 77,381 last year.
This year, the results in SSC and equivalent examinations have crossed the entire previous records with the 91.34 per cent pass rate. The number of highest grade point holders also went up by 51,050 as this year about 142,276 students achieved the uppermost marks.
However, principal of Viquarunnisa Noon School and College Manju Ara Begum told the FE that they would not enrol any student HSC classes from outside, as the college already had the required number of its own students for the HSC section.
"A total of 1164 students from her institution appeared in the SSC examinations. OfÂ them, about 1130 secured the highest grade, meaning that the college does not need to enrol external students," the principal said.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a press conference recently told journalists that admission of the all SSC passed students was guaranteed, but the problem was with admission to the desired colleges.
"Unfortunately, all the successful students won't get the scope to get admitted to higher secondary institutions of their choice," the minister added.
Meanwhile, the ministry issued circular containing guidelines on HSC admission for the academic year 2014-2015. It asked all the institutions to complete their enrolment between May 28 and June 30. Some colleges have already placed admission notices.