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Intelligence watch on coaching centres

Govt decides to prevent foul play in medical college admission

Alpha Arzu
The government will engage intelligence agencies to prevent leakage of question papers of admission tests for public medical colleges slated for October 9, said officials.
Khandaker M Shefayet Ullah, director (medical education) of the Directorate General of Health Services, yesterday told The Daily Star, "Intelligence agencies will keep a close watch frojn October 1 on medical coaching centres that have sprung up in the capital and other cities."
He said all medical coaching centres across the country had already been asked to suspend their activities from yesterday till October 10.
A senior official of health and family welfare ministry said the move was initiated following allegations that coaching centres had been involved in leakage of question papers of admission tests for public medical colleges.
About 20 coaching centres in the capital offer coaching for admission tests for medical colleges against fees between Tk 10,000 and Tk 50,000.
Sefayet said they have taken the measure, as there had been widespread allegations last year that some coaching centres sold copies of question papers of admission tests to many students.
He said many coaching centres woo students promising them admission to public medical colleges.
"Such centres are cheating both the students and guardians in many ways," said Shefayet.
Advertisements with assurance of "guaranteed admission" appear in newspapers just after the announcement of HSC exams results, he said.
Shefayet said, the health ministry asked the home ministry to keep a close eye on five medical coaching centres -Shubhechchha, Retina, 3 Doctors, Primate and Uniaid.
A total of 36,570 candidates will take admission tests for 2,310 seats at 17 public medical colleges this year. Forty seats are reserved for children of freedom fighters, 20 for ethnic minorities and 84 for foreign students that include 54 for students of Saarc countries.
Dhaka Medical College will hold the admission test at Dhaka University while Khaleda Zia Medical College at Titumir College and Salimullah Medical College at Eden Girls' College. Other medical colleges will arrange the tests on their campuses, he said.
“We have asked the law enforcement agencies to assist the college authorities in holding the admission tests," said the director.
A unified admission test for private medical colleges will be held in mid-November after completion of admission process at public medical colleges, said Shefayet.
All private medical colleges have to hold admission tests simultaneously the same day with a unified question paper to ease sufferings of students and guardians, said Shah Monir Hossain, director general of DGHS and convener of the committee for conducting admission tests for private medical colleges.
A total of 3,070 seats are available at 39 private medical colleges across the country.