M M Jasim :
About four lakh higher secondary level students under the 2017-18 academic session could not get admission to any college although classes started on July 1.
According to the Inter-Education Board Coordination Sub-Committee about 10,50,000 students out of 14,31,722 students who passed the SSC and its equivalent examinations this year got admission before June 29, the deadline for admission.
Meanwhile, the students and the guardians blamed the online system of the board for missing the deadline.
The online system created complexity in the admission as the board authorities failed to properly conduct the system.
Rakib Chowdhury, a guardian, told The New Nation that his son applied for admission and the board published merit list and confirmed his admission. But after going to college he failed to get admitted. The college authorities blamed on online system.
“The flawed system has caused sufferings to thousands of students,” the guardian said.
Professor Mahbubur Rahman, Chairman of Inter-Education Board Coordination Sub-Committee, acknowledged that a good number of students could not get admitted until July 2. “Considering the matter we extended time till July 4 and asked the students to get admission to their respective colleges,” he said.
“The admission will be closed on July 4. We have also plan to extend time after July 4 if a huge number of students fail to get admission. The students can apply for admission through online from July 15,” Professor Mahbub said.
“We want to ensure admission of all the students. That is why we give more time,” he said.
He also denied allegations of students and the guardians over the flawed online system.
Such online application process for the 2017-18 academic year began from 2pm on May 9.
Students applied for their desired colleges both online and through SMS from Teletalk numbers.
The last date of submission for applications was May 31, with the list of those selected in the first phase set to be published on June 5.
Colleges accepted the applications on the basis on the students’ preferences and their test scores.
The admission began on June 20 while the results of the second and third merit lists were published on June 13 and June 18 and the admission began on June 20-22 and June 28-29 respectively.
Regular classes began on the first day of July.
