Reschedule BUET, medical admission tests

This year’s admission season for tertiary education is just around the corner. The students are right now taking preparation for their admission in one of the many public universities and medical colleges across the country. Generally, most students who are from the science background target engineering universities and medical colleges. However, these students will be in trouble this year as the entrance exams of the medical colleges (both public and private) and BUET will be held on October 4 and 5, respectively.  

The admission tests for medical colleges for the MBBS course will be held in nineteen centres across the country, while the admission test for BUET will be held on its own campus in Dhaka. Attending the back-to-back tests will be a problem especially for the travelling students. How are they going it attend the test for MBBS one day and attend the BUET admission test the very next day? It’s a matter of great concern among the students and their guardians. Surely, some students will fail to participate in one of the tests and some will not be able to perform as well as they can.

I think the authorities should consider this predicament and reschedule the admission dates for the sake of the admission-seekers.

Samia Jahan

Rajbari Govt. College