4th merit list for college admission published

The fourth and final merit list of 82,544 students eligible for college admission has been published, while 200,000 seats are said to be going vacant across Bangladesh. The list can be accessed at www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the media in Dhaka on Thursday. The candidates found eligible can enroll in Grade-XI until July 26. Others, who have already enrolled in colleges, can seek transfers to their preferred ones, if the institutions permit, Nahid said. The option will be available from July 27 until August. “The scope is being given so that no one can say they weren’t able to get admission to their preferred college,” the minister added. Those who applied for the fourth time have been included in the last merit list. More than 1.17 million students had enrolled in colleges till Thursday, Nahid said. This year, over 1.28 million students cleared the SSC examinations, according to bdnews24.com.