The High Court cleared the way yesterday for the capital’s Notre Dame College to conduct admission tests by staying a government order that directed all colleges to admit students for higher secondary level on the basis of their secondary school certificate results.
The bench of Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md Badruzzaman passed the stay order for six months following a petition filed by Notre Dame Principal Hemonto Peuse Rozario, Deputy Attorney General Motaher Hossain Sazu told the Dhaka Tribune.
The government, meanwhile, was yet to decide whether to appeal against the stay order, Motaher said.
On May 18, the education ministry issued a guideline for college admissions for the 2014-15 academic year. The notification stated that colleges with 300 seats would have to take steps for online applications, while online admissions were mandatory for institutions with 500 places.
The notification also said 80 percent of the seats should be open to all, while 10% could be reserved for alumni if the institution was a school-cum-college and 10% for special quotas.
The High Court order yesterday put a stay on the provisions stipulated in the notification for Notre Dame College only.
The popular boys’ college got a similar stay order from the High Court last year and held admission tests after an appeal by the government side was rejected.
