Reputed colleges to face difficulty to enroll GPA-5 scorers
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Reputed colleges with limited seats will be facing difficulty while selecting eligible candidates from an all-time high number of GPA-5 achievers, reports BSS.
As many as 52,500 examinees scored GPA-5, the highest ever number of GPA-5 achievers in the SSC and its equivalent examinations under nine education boards. This year 19,854 more examinees scored GPA-5 than that of last year.
The country's 2,425 government and non-government colleges have about 0.48 million (4.8 lakh) seats for the first year higher secondary students, while 7,26,563 students passed SSC examinations this year, sources said. Only 20,000 candidates can get themselves admitted to around 60 reputed colleges across the country.
Of 135 colleges in Dhaka city, around 10 colleges with some 10,000 seats traditionally attract top scorers in the SSC.
For HSC first year, there are about 2,139 seats for science, commerce and humanities groups in Notre Dame College, 1,100 in Dhaka College, 1,050 in Ideal College, 1,083 in Dhaka City College, 990 in Viqarunnisa Noon College, 902 in Dhaka Commerce College, 606 in BAF Shahin College, 488 in Holy Cross College and 444 in Rajuk Uttara Model College in the capital, according to officials of the colleges.
Principal of Notre Dame College Father Benjamin De Costa said, "Brilliant students usually try to get themselves admitted to only 10 to 12 famous colleges in the capital but seats in those colleges are not sufficient for them."
As many as 52,500 examinees scored GPA-5, the highest ever number of GPA-5 achievers in the SSC and its equivalent examinations under nine education boards. This year 19,854 more examinees scored GPA-5 than that of last year.
The country's 2,425 government and non-government colleges have about 0.48 million (4.8 lakh) seats for the first year higher secondary students, while 7,26,563 students passed SSC examinations this year, sources said. Only 20,000 candidates can get themselves admitted to around 60 reputed colleges across the country.
Of 135 colleges in Dhaka city, around 10 colleges with some 10,000 seats traditionally attract top scorers in the SSC.
For HSC first year, there are about 2,139 seats for science, commerce and humanities groups in Notre Dame College, 1,100 in Dhaka College, 1,050 in Ideal College, 1,083 in Dhaka City College, 990 in Viqarunnisa Noon College, 902 in Dhaka Commerce College, 606 in BAF Shahin College, 488 in Holy Cross College and 444 in Rajuk Uttara Model College in the capital, according to officials of the colleges.
Principal of Notre Dame College Father Benjamin De Costa said, "Brilliant students usually try to get themselves admitted to only 10 to 12 famous colleges in the capital but seats in those colleges are not sufficient for them."