XI admission opens Sept 2, quota set at 7pc

Applications for admission to Class XI for the 2026-27 academic session will open on September 2, with students selected solely on the basis of their SSC and equivalent examination results.

The Education Ministry published the admission policy on Monday, setting September 10 at 8pm as the application deadline and September 23 as the date for the start of XI classes.

No selection or admission test will be held for Class XI admission under the new policy. Students will be selected based on their SSC and equivalent examination results.

According to the policy issued by the Secondary and Higher Education Division, 93 per cent of seats in educational institutions will remain open to all students on merit, while 7 per cent will be reserved under the proposed quota system.

The admission process will begin with applications from September 2 and continue until 8pm on September 10.

Students whose results change following re-scrutiny or re-evaluation will also have an opportunity to apply from September 12 to 13 until 8pm. The same period will be available for changing the order of preferences.

The results of selected students will be published at 8pm on September 17.

Selected students will have until 8pm on September 19 to confirm their admission. Failure to confirm within the stipulated time will result in cancellation of both the selection and application.

The final admission process will take place from September 20 to 22, with XI classes scheduled to begin on September 23, 2026.

Under the policy, 93 per cent of seats at all educational institutions will remain open to everyone on merit.

Students will be selected for these seats by preparing a merit list based on their SSC and equivalent examination results.

Of the remaining 7 per cent, 5 per cent has been proposed for sons and daughters of freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters, while 2 per cent has been proposed for children of officials and employees of the Education Ministry and its subordinate departments and agencies.

Applicants seeking admission under the freedom fighter quota must submit an attested copy of the relevant certificate or gazette and produce the original document at the time of admission.

The policy says certificates issued by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs must be properly verified before admission is completed.

If no sons or daughters of freedom fighters or martyred freedom fighters are available, the relevant seats will not remain vacant. Students from the merit list must be admitted to those seats.

The quota system will apply only to the 2026-27 academic session.

Of the 2 per cent quota for Education Ministry employees’ children, 1 per cent has been proposed for children of ministry officials and employees and another 1 per cent for children of officials and employees of departments or agencies under the ministry.

Applicants under these quotas must submit a certificate from the head of the relevant office. If the number of applicants exceeds the available seats, admission will be determined on merit among candidates under the respective quota.

Where students obtain the same GPA, their merit ranking will be determined based on their total marks.
For students under the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board, Bangladesh Technical Education Board and Bangladesh Open University, grade points and marks will be converted into equivalent values for calculation.

Grade points and marks from different years will also be made equivalent for the purpose of assessment.

For admission to the science group, where candidates have the same total marks, marks obtained in general mathematics and higher mathematics/biology will be considered.

If this does not resolve the selection issue, marks in English, physics and chemistry will be considered successively.

For the humanities and business studies groups, marks in English, mathematics and Bangla will be considered successively where candidates have the same total marks.

Where a student seeks admission to a different group, candidates with the same GPA will be ranked according to their total marks.

If the selection issue remains unresolved, marks in English, mathematics and Bangla will be considered successively.