Secondary school admission starts tomorrow

Secondary school admission starts tomorrow

The admission of aspirants for class 1 to 9 will begin tomorrow. The admission process will continue till December 21.

Schools will be allowed to enroll aspirants from waiting list from December 22 to December 27, said Prof Nehal Ahmed, director general of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education.

All the documents of the selected students will be thoroughly verified, he told.

Nehal urged all schools not to realise excess admission fees.

"If we get any complaint in this regard we will take stern actions," he added.

The DSHE officials said a central lottery for admission to 540 government schools took place on December 12 and a similar lottery for enrollment to 2,852 non-government schools in the metropolitan areas and district Sadar upazilas were held on December 13.

Education Minister Dipu Moni while attending the lottery for government schools said all the students who have applied for secondary schools through the digital lottery will be admitted.

"There is no risk of students missing admission in grades one to nine in government and private secondary schools through the digital lottery system. Everyone will get a seat. However, they might not be able to get admitted to the school of their choice," she said.