Admission to Class-i
Lottery begins at two schools in capital
Lottery for admission to class-I at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College being held on the school's Siddheswari campus in the capital yesterday while parents, inset, anxiously await the results. Photo: STAR
Lottery for admission to class-I began yesterday at two schools in the capital in the presence of anxious guardians trying their children's luck for a seat. Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and Ideal School and College, Motijheel held the lottery on their respective school premises amid school managing committee members, teachers, lawmakers, education ministry officials and journalists. Viqarunnisa Noon School and College began its 3-day lottery on its main campus in Siddheswari with the assistance of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet). The lottery for the school's Azimpur and Bashundhara branches were conducted yesterday. The school managing committee chairman Rashed Khan Menon MP was present on the occasion. However, a section of guardians staged demonstration at the school main gate, alleging that the lottery was not held in a transparent manner. Some guardians said they could not understand the lottery process as it was done electronically rather than manually. Meanwhile, some guardians expressed satisfaction over the lottery process as it was conducted by experts from Buet. This year, as many as six students are trying their luck for a seat in class-I at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College. Around 9,290 forms were selected for lottery against 1,440 vacant seats there. The school's lottery will continue till Wednesday. Meanwhile, the first day of lottery at Ideal School and College, Motijheel went peacefully yesterday. The lottery was conducted manually on its main campus avoiding any doubts among guardians. Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Fahima Khatun inaugurated the lottery through which class-I candidates for the school's Banasri branch, which can accommodate 300 students, were chosen. A number of parents were invited to draw out names from the lottery box. "We are happy with the lottery as it was done fairly and transparently and we took part in it," said a guardian like many others. The school will also hold lotteries today and tomorrow. It may be mentioned that the government had ordered all schools to conduct lottery to choose new entrants to class-I. Admission to other classes, except for class-IX, would be done through admission tests like in the previous years.
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