Medical, Dental College Admissions
Petition filed with HC for immediate start of process
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a petition with the High Court seeking its direction on the government to immediately start the admission process at medical colleges and hold admission tests.
The government on August 12 decided to enroll students to medical and dental colleges on the basis of their SSC and HSC exam GPAs instead of holding admission tests.
Advocate Eunus Ali Akond filed the petition seeking HC's direction on government to maintain the previous admission policy and start the admission process immediately.
He said as per National Education Policy 2010, the medical college admission process should be completed within a month after publication of HSC examination results.
Although the results were published on July 8, the authorities are yet to start the admission process, which is a violation of the policy, he said.
The hearing on the petition will be held on August 26.
Earlier, following a petition of Eunus Ali, the HC had issued a rule asking the government to explain why its decision for GPA-based admission to medical colleges should not be declared illegal.
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