Distribution of admission forms for govt schools begins

Booksellers sell various types of admission guidebooks aimed at easily gullible young learners. The photo was taken in front of Government Laboratory School in the city yesterday, the first day of distribution of forms for admission to the government schools.Photo: STAR

Distribution of admission forms for admissions to the government schools began in the city yesterday.
The forms will be available until December 17, said sources of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE).
Apart from schools, forms will also be available on the DSHE website. For that, students have to pay during submission of the forms at the schools. The price has been fixed at Tk 100 each.
The admission tests in the 24 government schools will be held on December 24, 26 and 27 while the classes will start on January 1.
Long queues were seen in front of the schools as the guardians were looking for admission forms for their children. Some of them had to wait for a long time to get a form.
Like previous years, the schools have been divided into three groups -- A, B and C -- based on the geographic locations of the schools.
Group-A comprises Government Laboratory School, Mirpur Government High School, Motijheel Government Girls' High School, Khilgaon Government High School, Islamia Government High School, Nawabpur Government High School, Mohammadpur Government High School, and New Government Girls' High School.
Admission tests for Group-A will be held on December 24 while the admission tests for Group-B will be held on December 26.
Motijheel Government Boys' High School, Narinda Government High School, Government Muslim High School, Banglabazar Government Girls' High School, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Boys' High School, Government Bigyan College High School, Dhanmondi Government Girls' High School and Dhanmondi Kamrunessa Government Girls' High School belong to Group-B.
The schools under Group-C include Dhanmondi Government Boys' High School, Armanitola Government High School, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Girls' High School, Tikatuli Kamrunessa Government Girls' High School, Tejgaon Government Girls' High School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Gonobhaban Government High School and Tejgaon Government High School.
The admission tests for Group-C will be held on December 27.
Children above seven will not be allowed to get their admissions to class one in any of the government schools.