News Desk :
The medical and dental college admission tests, which have been shrouded in uncertainty for some time owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, are set to be held in April.
The Health Ministry in a meeting on Thursday scheduled the entrance test of medical colleges on April 2 and dental colleges on April 30, AKM Ahsan Habib, director (medical education) of the ministry’s Directorate General of Health Services, told media on Friday.
Aspiring students can apply to sit for the medical
college admission test from February 11 till March 1, while the registration process to take dental college entrance exam will remain open between March 27 and April 15.
Admit cards for the medical and dental college exams will be given from March 20 to 25 and April 24 to 26, respectively.
There are a total of 36 public (4,068 seats) and 70 private medical colleges (6,340 seats) in Bangladesh.
With the addition of 282 extra seats to 18 public medical colleges, as many as 10,690 medical students can be accommodated this year.
Over 72,000 students sat for the medical admission test in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the health education department.
Normally, the admission process for medical and dental students starts from October to November every year, after the HSC results are published.
However, due to the coronavirus crisis, HSC and equivalent exams were cancelled in 2020. The government later evaluated the 2020 HSC candidates based on their JSC/JDC and SSC results and published the coordinated results on January 30 this year.
The medical and dental college admission tests, which have been shrouded in uncertainty for some time owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, are set to be held in April.
The Health Ministry in a meeting on Thursday scheduled the entrance test of medical colleges on April 2 and dental colleges on April 30, AKM Ahsan Habib, director (medical education) of the ministry’s Directorate General of Health Services, told media on Friday.
Aspiring students can apply to sit for the medical
college admission test from February 11 till March 1, while the registration process to take dental college entrance exam will remain open between March 27 and April 15.
Admit cards for the medical and dental college exams will be given from March 20 to 25 and April 24 to 26, respectively.
There are a total of 36 public (4,068 seats) and 70 private medical colleges (6,340 seats) in Bangladesh.
With the addition of 282 extra seats to 18 public medical colleges, as many as 10,690 medical students can be accommodated this year.
Over 72,000 students sat for the medical admission test in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the health education department.
Normally, the admission process for medical and dental students starts from October to November every year, after the HSC results are published.
However, due to the coronavirus crisis, HSC and equivalent exams were cancelled in 2020. The government later evaluated the 2020 HSC candidates based on their JSC/JDC and SSC results and published the coordinated results on January 30 this year.
