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XI admission to follow existing system, nearly 2.5m seats available
Published : Monday, 10 August, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Staff Correspondent
Admission to Class XI in 2026 will follow the existing system, with seats allocated based on students’ GPA scores and preferences, Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee Chairman and Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Dr Syed Akhtaruzzaman said on Monday (August 10).
“Seats will be allocated under the existing rules based on GPA scores and students’ preferences,” he said at a press briefing held at the Education Ministry at the Secretariat following the publication of the SSC and equivalent examination results.
He said the admission schedule had already been announced and classes would begin immediately after the completion of the admission process on September 15. The exact date for the start of classes would be announced on Monday, he added.
Akhtaruzzaman said nearly 2.5 million seats would be available for admission to higher secondary classes this year, with a larger number of seats expected to remain vacant than in 2025.
A total of 1,829,485 students appeared in the SSC and equivalent examinations this year, of which 1,138,877 passed. The overall pass rate stood at 62.25 per cent, down by 6.2 percentage points from last year.
He said 58.7 per cent of the available seats were filled last year, leaving 41.3 per cent vacant.
“As the pass rate has declined further this year, a slightly higher number of seats are expected to remain vacant,” he said.
Asked about board-wise performance, the Dhaka Education Board chairman said students in the Mymensingh Education Board performed poorly in Bangla and English.
“After reviewing the results of all boards, I found that English and mathematics have historically had higher failure rates, which brings down the overall pass rate,” he said.
Earlier, Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milan formally announced the SSC and equivalent examination results.
The minister said the results reflected students’ actual performance.
“A student received marks according to how much they studied. One can sing freely, but marks cannot be given freely in an examination script,” he said.
He apologized for the delay in publishing the results caused by floods and other factors.
Milan also said the government had amended the relevant law to allow students to seek re-scrutiny of their examination scripts.
“Students who apply for re-scrutiny will have their entire scripts re-examined. If any error or irregularity is found, necessary action will be taken,” he said.
Asked about the 312 institutions where no student passed this year, the minister said action would be taken against schools, colleges and madrasas recording a zero per cent pass rate.
He said the government had taken similar measures in the past and would do so again.
“In the past, particularly between 2001 and 2006, when examinations were conducted strictly without cheating, the number of institutions with zero pass rates was four to five times higher. It gradually declined after corrective measures were taken. We will take similar measures now,” Milan said.
He expressed hope that the institutions would improve their performance gradually.
The minister also announced that next year’s SSC examinations would begin on January 7, with the examination schedule gradually being brought forward in subsequent years.
-MTR/SA
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