United News of Bangladesh

The government has taken a decision to cancel the lottery system for admission from Class 1 to Class 9 in public and private schools across the country, said Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Monday. He made the announcement at a press briefing at the meeting room of the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education. “We have decided that from the next academic year, 2027, all admissions will be conducted through an entrance test. It will not be a complicated test. We are not going to make a Class 1 student a neurosurgeon. Students will be admitted through a simple test,” he said. Responding to concerns that the return of admission tests might fuel coaching businesses and influence peddling, the minister said, “There will be no scope for coaching. The test will be simple and everything will be conducted in a normal, fair manner. Parents have no reason to worry. I believe no education system should rely on lottery-based admission.”