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7 kids compete for each seat

Admission test at 24 govt schools in city starts today

WASIM BIN HABIB
Tiny heads crammed with lessons are ready to fight crucial battles as the admission tests at government schools in the capital kick off today with around seven students competing for a seat.
The tests will be held in three days-December 24 (today), 26 and 27.The admission process will be completed by the end of December while classes will begin on January 1. said sources from Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE).
As many as 57,816 applicants will appear in the admission tests at 24 government schools for a total of 8,400 seats, said Slrajum Munira, deputy director (secondary) of the DSHE. Some 58,980 admission forms have been sold.
Earlier, from December 5 to 17, the schools finished selling admission forms atTk 100 each. The forms were also available on the DSHE website.
Children above seven years will not be allowed admission to class I at any of the government schools. The little soldiers are not the only ones feeling the pressure; the guardians too are the co-fighters in this battle.
"I left no stone unturned to prepare my son for admission. Let's see what he does," said a mother who wants her son to get admitted to Dhanmondi Government Boys' High School.
"I'm quite tense as the admission is getting tougher every year," she added.
The testswill be held in two shifts a day-- from 11:00am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
The children seeking admission to class I will have to take a 50-mark written test on Bangla, English and mathematics while the students applying for class II-IX will need to sit for a 100-mark written test.
Like previous years, the government schools have been divided into three groups -- A, B and C - on the basis of their geographic locations.
Group-A comprises Government Laboratory Schoo), Mirpur Government High School, Motijhe el 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 Group-C schools 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 December27.
Sirajum Munira said some 17,299 admission forms under Group-A were sold, 16,811 of which have been submitted. Under Group-B, 22,237 forms were sold and 21,847 forms were submitted while 19,444 forms were sold and 19,158 forms were submitted under Group-C.
She said the number of admission forms sold is a bit higher than that of previous year.