Admission to govt colleges

Firstly, merit is being completely degraded here. All the hard work before the final SSC examination bears little meaning. It now seems obvious that to ensure seat or admission in a good government college, a student does not need to study and pass with flying colours. Instead, one only needs to possess money and, of course, make friends with the Chhatra Dal or Chhatra League leaders of the colleges to gain an entry. In such circumstances, the college authorities seem helpless. As the report mentions, they have truly become 'hostage' to the student leaders. And secondly, the most worrying implication is the introduction of political divisiveness among the students from day one of their academic career. This is a sure recipe for academic disaster and political tyranny.

One might raise the question of the students' sincerity, but the uncertainty about getting admission probably leads both the students and their parents to choose this path. If this is what happening in the government colleges of Dhaka, we can't even imagine what's happening in other parts of country, especially in the private colleges. We hope the authorities will not turn a blind eye to the situation and that they will devise a system where merit, not political connection or money, will rule.

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