3 lac seats, 4.42 lac pass

No room for 1.5 lac students at higher level

Daud Md Isa

A serious crisis is likely to creep up over the admission of the students, who have passed the HSC, Alim and HSC in Business Manag-ment examinations this year, to higher educational institutions due to shortage of seats in degree colleges, medical colleges and different private and public universities.
Informed sources say, an alarming situation is likely to arise in the premier institutions in cities where many brilliant students are unlikely to get admission due to shortage of seats.
According to the BANBAIS, there are about 3 lac seats for the students in the country's degree colleges, medical colleges and public and private universities.
The number of students who have passed HSC and equivalent examination this year from nine education boards is 4, 42,389 including 20, 136 GPA-5 holders. A total 1, 21,531 students obtained GPA between 4 and 4.88 while 93,268 students between GPA 3.5 and 3.9 while 83, 986 between GPA 3 and 3.5, while 1, 06,111 between GPA 2 and 2.9 and 17, 357 between GPA 1 and 1.9.
Thus the number of successful students this year exceeds the seats by nearly 1, 40,000.
On the other hand, the sources point out, there is another problem relating to admission to the universities in the cities specially Dhaka. Most of the brilliant students who fared well in the examination are interested in getting themselves admitted to the reputed universities in the capital and other cities.
But the number of seats are limited to accommodate them all. So, hundreds of meritorious students including GPA-5 holders are sure to be deprived of the opportunity of admission to the colleges of their choice.
In the capital, there will be a heavy rush of brilliant students from all over the country for admission to reputed universities like Dhaka University, BUET, Dhaka Medical College and Salimullah Medical College.
For this situation, students and their guardians face an uncertain future in respect of admission to premier institutions of higher education.