College admission results available from 11:30pm Friday

The government has stalled by 24 hours the announcement of the first merit list for college admissions. The website www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd cited ‘unavoidable circumstances’ for not publishing admission results for 2015-2016 education year just yet. It also said the results are available from 11:30pm on June 26 (Friday) instead of June 25 (Thursday). Alongside the central site, the results are available on the sites of the various education boards. Dhaka Board’s college inspector Ashfaqus Salehin had earlier said that the results could be published anytime on Thursday. For the last few years, college admissions have been based on secondary results. Dhaka Board, in a statement said students in the first merit list would be able to get admission to colleges between June 27 and 30, without paying any late fee. A second merit list will be published on July 2, based on the seats remaining in colleges after the first lot of admissions. Students were given the scope to apply for admissions from June 6-21. Those who missed the scope would be allowed to apply from July 9-11. The results would be published on July 12. In the results of the Secondary School Certificate and similar exams published on May 30, 87.4 percent of the examinees passed. Along with them, students who passed the secondary exams in 2013 and 2014 would also be eligible to apply for college admission. Classes will start from July 1 and the practicals will begin from Aug 1, according to a news agency.