College Admission
SSC success brings worry
The big success in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations has rather appeared as a concern for many, as a large number of successful students have to compete harder to enrol in reputed colleges.
The students, however, will not face any seat crisis in the colleges of the country, said the education ministry.
There are around 12 lakh seats in government and private colleges across the country, while the number of students, who have passed this year's SSC examinations, is 12,19,894.
The reputed colleges will undergo a huge pressure, as most of the students who have achieved GPA-5 or between GPA-5 and GPA-4 wish admission in the colleges in the capital.
As many as 82,212 examinees have secured GPA-5 this year and about 3.92 lakh others scored above GPA-4, while some 10-15 reputed colleges in the capital can accommodate only 12,000 to 15,000 students, said sources in the ministry.
According to the ministry, the number of colleges in Dhaka stands at 135 with around 40,000 seats.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said there would be no seat crisis in the colleges as seats in a number of rural area colleges lay vacant.
It is true that there will be a pressure on the reputed colleges as there is a shortage of standard educational institutions in the country, he said.
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