Application forms of combined admission test for both public and private medical and dental colleges will go online on Sep 18 and the examination on Nov 23.
The government announced the dates a day after it had informed the High Court that it will take in students after test this year in a reversal of its earlier decision amid weeks of protests by would-be medics.
Medical Education's Director Shah Abdul Latif told bdnews24.com that a student must have accumulated GPA-8 in the SSC and HSC exams, having scored no less than GPA 3.5 in any to be eligible to sit the test.
Altogether there are 8,493 seats up for grabs in all medical and dental colleges in Bangladesh – 2,811 in the 22 government medical colleges and 4,245 in the 53 private ones.
The nine public dental colleges and dental units in the medical colleges offer 567 seats while 14 private dental institutions have 870 seats.
The government introduced the combined test of both public and private institutions last year in a bid to what officials say "ease students' hassles."
"Oct 17 will be the last date of filing online application," the Director said, "Details will be available on http://dghs.teletalk.com.bd and www.dghs.gov.bd."
He said the one-hour 100-mark Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) examination would be administered in medical colleges across Bangladesh.
Earlier in the day, the High Court ordered authorities to hold test this year after hearing a petition that challenged the government's decision to take students only on their grades.
The court on Aug 27 gave a split verdict on the petition filed by a lawyer and father of a prospective medical student Yunus Ali Akhand.
The Chief Justice then forwarded the petition to the single-judge bench for further hearing where Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain said on Sunday that the government would take admission test this year.
The court then said this decision nullified the previous High Court ruling. "File an affidavit on the matter and submit it to court on Monday," the judge asked the government.
Hours after that, the Director General of Health Services told bdnews24.com that they would finalise details of admission test in two days.
The lawyer challenged the decision on Aug 14, two days after the Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque said GPAs would be the sole yardstick of what he said 'quality' admission.
Prospective students launched protests after the announcement while medical education experts criticised the move.
The protest was called off last week when the minister assured them of considering traditional system once the lawsuits challenging the decision were withdrawn.
The government announced the dates a day after it had informed the High Court that it will take in students after test this year in a reversal of its earlier decision amid weeks of protests by would-be medics.
Medical Education's Director Shah Abdul Latif told bdnews24.com that a student must have accumulated GPA-8 in the SSC and HSC exams, having scored no less than GPA 3.5 in any to be eligible to sit the test.
Altogether there are 8,493 seats up for grabs in all medical and dental colleges in Bangladesh – 2,811 in the 22 government medical colleges and 4,245 in the 53 private ones.
The nine public dental colleges and dental units in the medical colleges offer 567 seats while 14 private dental institutions have 870 seats.
The government introduced the combined test of both public and private institutions last year in a bid to what officials say "ease students' hassles."
"Oct 17 will be the last date of filing online application," the Director said, "Details will be available on http://dghs.teletalk.com.bd and www.dghs.gov.bd."
He said the one-hour 100-mark Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) examination would be administered in medical colleges across Bangladesh.
Earlier in the day, the High Court ordered authorities to hold test this year after hearing a petition that challenged the government's decision to take students only on their grades.
The court on Aug 27 gave a split verdict on the petition filed by a lawyer and father of a prospective medical student Yunus Ali Akhand.
The Chief Justice then forwarded the petition to the single-judge bench for further hearing where Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain said on Sunday that the government would take admission test this year.
The court then said this decision nullified the previous High Court ruling. "File an affidavit on the matter and submit it to court on Monday," the judge asked the government.
Hours after that, the Director General of Health Services told bdnews24.com that they would finalise details of admission test in two days.
The lawyer challenged the decision on Aug 14, two days after the Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque said GPAs would be the sole yardstick of what he said 'quality' admission.
Prospective students launched protests after the announcement while medical education experts criticised the move.
The protest was called off last week when the minister assured them of considering traditional system once the lawsuits challenging the decision were withdrawn.
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