Due to the age trap, a large number of admitted children could not apply for school admission, which has created a stir in the country. Following a writ petition filed by Mizanur Rahman, the father of a Munshiganj student, the High Court on Tuesday extended the admission deadline by one more week.
At the same time, the High Court has postponed the condition of 11 years of age set by the Ministry of Education for online admission in the sixth grade. As a result, there was no obstacle for the admission of students below the age of 11 in the sixth class.
The Department of Secondary and Higher Education (Maushi) announced the suspension of the admission lottery on Tuesday afternoon following the High Court's order.
The government secondary school admission lottery was to be held on Wednesday. Mausi Director General Professor. Syed Md. Golam Farooq admitted the suspension of the admission lottery and told Samakal that they would take the next decision after reviewing the court order on Wednesday.
Mausi Deputy Director (Secondary) Mohammad Aziz Uddin told Samakal on Tuesday evening that the admission lottery has been postponed due to a court order. Details will be informed to everyone later. Asked if the time for admission application would be extended, he said, "For now, our decision is to postpone the lottery.
Earlier, Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Md. A High Court bench comprising Khairul Alam on Tuesday extended the application by one more week. Barrister Anik R Haque appeared for the writ petition in the court. He was accompanied by Barrister Manzoor Elahi Parag and lawyer Ainun Nahar.
Earlier, the Ministry of Education had fixed the age for admission in government secondary schools in the 2021 academic year. Due to this, children under the age of 11 could not apply for admission in the sixth grade this time. However, the order of the Ministry of Education was stayed in the High Court.
Earlier on Monday, the main page of Samakal published a headline titled 'Confusion over school admission'. According to the report, millions of children across the country could not apply for admission in the school of their choice this time. In this situation, the deadline for application for admission in government secondary schools across the country has passed last Sunday. On the last day of the application, hundreds of parents reacted angrily on social media. Even though the age is only a few months, there is confusion about the school admission for the 2021 academic year due to not accepting the admission application. Although the online application has been accepted so far, this is the first time that the Mausi authorities have mechanically organized an application acceptance and admission lottery using the special software of Teletalk Limited. However, even though he was a few days younger, he was not accepting the software application. Millions of admitted children fell into the age trap and could not apply.
Admission time in sixth class extended by one week: The High Court has ordered one more week to apply for admission in sixth class. The same court passed the order along with a rule yesterday in the wake of a writ petition filed by Mizanur Rahman, the father of a Munshiganj student who failed to apply within the stipulated time due to age limit.
