Staff Reporter :The results of written admission test for into first year MBBS and BDS courses under 2014-15 academic session for Medical and Dental colleges of the country was published with a pass rate of 34 per cent.State Minister for Health Zahid Malek made the announcement at the briefing held at the Directorate General of Health Services office in Mohakhali around 1:40pm on Sunday.A total of 66,978 students sat for the test examination held on Friday and 22,759 of those students passed the test.Of the successful candidates, 11,446 students are male, while 11,313 are female.An examinee had to achieve at least 40 out of 100 in the test.Public and private medical and dental colleges have a total of 9,623 seats, with 3,708 at 28 public medical colleges and nine in dental colleges.The results are available at www.dghs.gov.bd. Alternatively, the candidates who have passed the tests will be notified via a short message (SMS) at their respective mobile contact numbers, the State Minister said.The students who are successful in the written tests will be filled in to the available 10,227 seats after further selection procedures. Admission procedures will begin from October 30 and continue till November 15.Classes for the 2014-15 sessions of MBBS and BDS (Medical and Dental) courses will begin from January 10.
