The new date for the start of classes in the college has been fixed, the admission time has increased

Due to the quota reform movement, the admission process for Class XI in the academic year 2024-25 was suspended. The college admission process will start again from July 28. The admission process will continue till August 1. At the same time, the classes of the students admitted online in class XI in the current academic year will start on Tuesday, August 6. This information was informed in a notification of the Dhaka Education Board yesterday on Wednesday.

According to the notification, the college admission program of the students selected through online in the 11th class in the academic year 2024-25 is closed due to unavoidable reasons. The period of admission process in the related educational institutions of the country has been rescheduled from July 28 to August 1.

According to the admission policy, the admission process for class 11 started from last July 15. The admission process was supposed to end on July 25. However, due to the closure of educational institutions from July 18, the admission process was suspended.

Change of college or equivalent institution
No student admitted in Class XI can be issued a pass without the prior permission of the concerned Board of Education. Nor can admission be made on the basis of clearance issued by the educational institution without the prior permission of the Board. In case of admission through Clearance Certificate (TC), the authority of the college or equivalent institution has to submit the necessary documents along with the registration fee to the concerned education board within 15 days of admission of such admitted students.

The maximum admission fee is 8500 Tk
This time the maximum fee for admission in class 11 has been fixed at 8 thousand 500 taka. English version non-MPO colleges in Dhaka metropolitan area can charge admission fee at this rate. And non-MPO colleges of Bengali version of Dhaka Metropolitan can charge a maximum admission fee of Tk 7,500 for admission in XI.

Bengali version non-MPO colleges in metropolitan areas other than Dhaka can charge a maximum of Tk 5,000 and English version non-MPO colleges a maximum of Tk 6,000. Non-MPO colleges of Bengali version at the district level can charge 3000 taka and non-MPO colleges of English version can charge 4000 taka. And upazila level Bengali version non-MPO college can charge Tk 2,500 and English version non-MPO college Tk 3,000.

On the other hand, the admission fee of Dhaka Metropolitan MPO colleges in Bengali and English versions has been fixed at Tk 5 thousand. Colleges under Bengali version MPO and English version MPO in metropolitan areas other than Dhaka can charge a maximum admission fee of Tk 3,000. Bengali version MPO colleges at the district level and English version MPO colleges can charge a fee of Tk 2,000. And upazila level Bengali version MPO colleges can charge 1 thousand 500 taka and English version MPO colleges can charge 1 thousand 500 taka.

What is merit quota?
93 percent of the total vacant seats will be considered as merit quota for class XI admission. These vacant seats will be open for all. Out of the remaining 7 percent, 5 percent will be reserved for the children of heroic freedom fighters as before. Of the remaining 2 percent, 1 percent has been kept for the children of the Ministry of Education and 1 percent of the officials working in the agencies under the Ministry. As before, if there are no students in these seats, it will be considered in merit quota. In case of quota, if the number of applicants is more, the list will be based on merit.

There were 20 lakh 13 thousand 597 candidates in SSC and equivalent exams in 11 education boards. Among them 16 lakh 72 thousand 153 passed. There are about 25 lakh seats available for admission in Class XI across the country. Even if all the students are admitted, more than eight lakh seats will remain vacant in the eleventh class this time. Therefore, even if the results are good this time, many colleges will face a crisis of students.