Many reluctant about enrolling in colleges

 Most students who have come out successful in the recently published HSC examination results would not be able to study in their preferred universities, especially in subjects with high market demand and limited seats.
Depending on the seats of colleges under the National University, the government is claiming there will be no shortage of seats.  While talking to UNB, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said there will be no seat crisis as there are enough seats under public, private and national university. All students who have come out successful in the HSC examination would get scope for admission, he said.
But most students, especially those having good GPA in the SSC and HSC examinations, are reluctant to enroll in any college under the National University, due to their reputation for poor standard and huge session jam.
Meanwhile, education experts suggested increased technical and vocational education to create job opportunities for maximum people as well, since all are not qualified to take higher studies.
A total of 8,85,070 students, out of 11,29,972, came out successful in this year's HSC and equivalent examinations. Out of them, 70,602 students secured the highest grade point average (GPA)-5.  As per the University Grants Commission (UGC) Report-2012, the total seat for Honours first year is 5,9200 in 32 public universities across the country while the seat allocation is 629,475 under the National University. As per the report, the total number of seats for Honours first year is 131,932 in 60 private universities across the country.
According to the health ministry, there are 8,493 seats in government and private medical colleges and dental colleges. Of them, 22 government medical colleges have 2,811 seats while 53 private medical colleges 4,245 and nine dental colleges 567 seats.
Hemal, who passed the HSC examination from Abdul Kadir Mollah City College, Narsingdi from Commerce said, "Every student wants to gain admission to the Dhaka University (DU). I also expect to study in DU. If I miss it then I'll try to get admission to another public university for study."
Hemal went on saying, "If I fail to get admitted to any public university then my next choice will be private universities. Although the National University has enough seats for the students, it is a lengthy process to complete the study.