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The admissions for students who passed their Secondary School Certificate or equivalent exams will begin on Jul 15 and continue until Jul 25. Classes for eleventh grade will then begin Jul 30.
The Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee issued a notice on the application process, results, admissions, and the start of classes on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
Previously, the Secondary and Higher Education Division at the Ministry of Education had issued the policy for admissions.
Once again, applications will be available online and admissions will be made on the basis of SSC results. Applications will be accepted in three phases.
Applications will open to students from Mar 26 to Jun 11 at ww.xiclassadmission.gov.bd.
Students will have to submit a Tk 150 application fee and selected a minimum of five and a maximum of 10 colleges of their preference.
A student’s college will be selected based on merit, any applicable quotas, and their preferences.
The first phase of admissions will be handled from Jun 12-13. Applications will be scrutinised, sorted, and settled. Applications for re-evaluation for any students whose results changed on review will also be accepted.
The first phase of admission results will be announced at 8pm on Jun 23.
Applications for the second phase will be accepted from Jun 30 to Jul 2 and the third phase on Jul 9-10.
The results for the second phase of admissions and the first transfers will be released at 8pm on Jun 4. The results for the third phase of admissions and the second round of transfers will be announced at 8pm on Jul 12.
Students can then pay their fees and complete the admissions process from Jul 15-Jul 25.
The maximum fee for admission in Bangla and English versions in colleges under the government's Monthly Pay Order or MPO programme in Dhaka has been set at Tk 5,000. The fee will be Tk 3,000 for both versions in other metropolitan areas outside Dhaka.
The admission fee has been set at Tk 2,000 for district-level colleges and Tk 1,500 for both versions in Upazila or town-level colleges.
The admission fee for the non-MPO or partially government institutions inDhaka has been set at Tk 7,000 for the Bangla version and Tk 8,000 for the English version, including the development fee, session charge and admission.
The amount has been set at Tk 5,000 for the Bangla version and Tk 6,000 for the English version for non-MPO colleges in metropolitan areas outside Dhaka. The fee is set at Tk 3,000 for Bangla and Tk 4,000 for English at district-level colleges while Upazila or town-level college admission will take Tk 2,500 for the Bangla version and Tk 3,000 for English.
Meanwhile, the government colleges will take admission fees following the government's instructions. They will have to take measures to give waivers as far as possible for students from poor families, those with particular merit, and students with special needs.
This year 2,013,597 students took the exams under 11 education boards and 1,672,153 passed.
The pass rate was 83.04 percent and 182,129 received a GPA-5.