Many higher secondary education seekers could not be admitted to Dhaka College in the capital in keeping with the merit list and some others lower down the merit list could be admitted in exchange for money, students and guardians said.
Many students who are in the top of the merit list could not get themselves admitted to such colleges but students lower down in the merit list got themselves admitted in exchange for money.
Mainly ruling party student leaders are taking the money and they are charging an additional amount between Tk 15,000 and Tk. 30,000.
College authorities usually first announce lists of students selected in the admission test. If the seats are not filled up, the authorities call students from waiting lists. The admission trade is done mainly with students in the waiting lists.
Dhaka College has 600 seats in the science group. In keeping with the education board rules, the college announced a waiting list for a half of the number of seats. Students from ranking between 601 and 900 were in the first waiting list.
The college authorities on June 22 called students ranking between 901 and 1350. On June 25, they called students ranking between 1351 and 2,100, on July 4, between 2001 and 2500 and on July 6, between 2501 and 3000.
Some officials of the college told New Age that the authorities had needed to call students ranking up to 2100 to fill up the seats but they again had called students ranking up to 3000 only to help student leaders in admission trade.
Guardians and students said that when students from the waiting list went for admission, the authorities said that all seats had been filled up and no more students could be admitted.
The officials said students named in the upper waiting lists had been shown absent and students from lower down the list had then been admitted in exchange for money.
'When I first went there, the authorities told me that I could not get admitted but then I went through "proper channel" and gave money and I got admitted,' said a student, who ranked between 2100 and 2200.
'It is abnormal that the best college in the country needs to call 3,000 students to fill up 600 students. When every student wants to get admitted to Dhaka College, why the college did not get the required number of students from 2,000 students? It should be investigated,' a teacher said.
A student, who ranked between 2700 and 2800, got admitted to the college on July 6. His mother told New Age that her son was admitted in 'political quota… We spent Tk 30,000 on the admission for my son;
When one guardian said that he wanted his brother, ranking the 2780th, to get admitted to the college, she advised her to talk to one Jisan.
Jisan who claims to be a second-year HSC student in the college, when contacted, said that he could be admitted in exchange for Tk 30,000.
'We do not take the money. We give it to Pervez bhai,' he said.
Jisan then phoned the guardian on Wednesday night and said, 'If you want to get your brother admitted, bring the money and papers by July 6.'
Another student who ranked between 2500 and 2600 also got admitted on July 6. He said that one Tarek, who claimed to be the joint secretary of the college unit Chhatra League, had helped him.
On July 6, college unit Chhatra League leaders Rajib and Shihab were busy doing admission trade on the college campus.
When contacted, the Dhaka College principal, however, brushed aside the allegations of irregularities. 'The admission process is fare,' she said.
Asked why some students who were towards the top of the merit list could not get admitted and some students lower down the list could do so, she said, 'The admission is done in keeping with admission rules. You might not understand this as it is done online.'
Asked about the exchange of money, she said, 'If students give money to someone outside the campus, what can I do for it?'
The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, Fahima Khatun, told New Age that if they received any allegations, they would launch an investigation.
'Stern action will be taken if anyone is found involved in any irregularities,' she said.
Source : New Age
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