College enrolment to start on Jan 8

Online enrolment to Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent courses for the academic session 2021-2022 is scheduled to begin from January 8.

Admission forms can be collected and submitted by January 15. Students are required to complete the admission procedure by February 24, and classes will begin on March 2, said Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Nehal Ahmed.

"We have finalised the guideline about the enrolment. If the Covid-19 situation worsens and in-person classes stop, academic activities will continue online," he said.

The first merit list will be published on January 29, the second one on February 10 and the third one on February 15.

According to the admission guidelines, each student can apply to five to 10 colleges with a single form. Admission details will be uploaded to a website.

The admission guideline said that colleges under monthly pay order benefit in Dhaka will be allowed to take admission and session charges up to Tk 5,000, while metropolitan colleges can take fees up to Tk 3,000. Colleges from districts are allowed to collect Tk 2,000 as fees from each student.

Colleges that are not under monthly pay order benefit in Dhaka will be allowed to take Tk 7,500 as admission and session charge. Such colleges from other metropolitan cities can take Tk 5000 as the fees, and colleges in districts can take Tk 3,000 from each student.

A tougher competition awaits admission aspirants for renowned colleges, but there will be no crisis of seats, according to Prof Nehal.