Education Minister Asks Dhaka University to Extend Admission Application Deadline by a Few Days

Education Minister A N M Ehsanul Haque Milan has requested the Dhaka University (DU) authorities to extend the admission test application period by a few days.

The education minister made the request on Saturday while speaking as chief guest at an event at Dhaka University's Senate Building.

The minister said the results of the re-scrutiny and re-evaluation of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examination answer scripts will be published on 23 November. The Dhaka University vice-chancellor has set the application deadline at 25 November. He said he would ask him to extend the deadline by a few more days, so that students whose results improve after re-evaluation also get the chance to apply for admission.

Applications for the admission test for Dhaka University's 2026-27 academic session began on 11 November. Applications can be submitted until 25 November. The admission tests will begin on 5 December.

After this year's HSC and equivalent results were published, nearly three lakh students applied to the country's 11 education boards for re-scrutiny and re-evaluation of their answer scripts.

Meanwhile, a supplementary examination will be held from 1 December to 15 December for students who failed in one or two subjects.

At present, in public examinations such as SSC and HSC, if a candidate fails in one or more subjects, they have to sit the examination again the following year. In that case, they may sit only the failed subjects or, if they wish, all subjects. This year, however, students who failed in one or two subjects are getting the opportunity to sit a supplementary examination in the same year.

According to the published schedule, the supplementary examination will begin on 1 December with English first paper. Bangla first and second papers will be held on 2 December, Physics, Accounting and Logic on 3 December, and Information and Communication Technology on 5 December. Examinations in other subjects will be held according to the set schedule. The written examinations will end on 15 December with Economics and Arabic. Practical examinations must also be completed by 15 December.

The HSC and equivalent examination results were published on 31 October. This year, a total of 422,905 candidates failed in one or two subjects. Of them, 298,040 failed in one subject and 124,865 failed in two subjects.