Medical College Admission
Govt decision unfair: DAB
Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) yesterday termed unfair the government's decision to admit students to medical and dental colleges on the basis of SSC and HSC examination results.
Admission to medical colleges without holding any tests is irrational and cannot be a proper way to gauge students' level of intelligence, speakers told a discussion hosted by DAB at the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday.
Two rights organisations, including Ain O Salish Kendra and an international body, also protested the government's decision and condemned law enforcers' obstruction and attack on demonstrating students recently.
The government should talk to the protesting students rather than using force to address their grievances, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, which represents 49 NGOs across Asia, said in a statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, more than 300 admission aspirants staged a sit-in at Raju Bhaskarja of Dhaka University yesterday demanding cancellation of the government decision. They also brought out a procession demanding release of the eight students arrested in Chittagong on Tuesday.
The protesters declared to hold a citizen rally at Raju Bhaskarja at 3:00pm on Saturday to press home their demands.
Speaking at the DAB discussion, BNP leader and former health minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain expressed solidarity with the protesting students and asked the government to maintain the test-based admission policy.
“If the government does not cancel its decision considering the interests of the majority of the students, it will be proved that the government's purpose is to do corruption and make a business out of the admission process,” he said.
GPAs should not be taken as standard, and all qualified students should have an opportunity to participate in a contest, said Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury of Gonoshasthya Kendra.
Meanwhile, a platform of guardians demanded the government shut all coaching centres through enacting a law and enrol students in Buet, medical colleges and all other public universities based on GPAs from next year.
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