Medical-Dental Admission Meeting Delayed Past Scheduled Time

The crucial meeting to finalise all aspects of the 2025-26 admission tests for government and private medical and dental colleges in Bangladesh has not yet started, despite being scheduled for the afternoon. It was slated to begin right after lunch on Sunday (October 26) at Room 332 in the Health and Family Welfare Ministry's conference hall.

Top officials from the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC), Health Education Directorate, Bangladesh Medical University, and other institutions are present. An attending official told The Daily Campus: "The Health Adviser is occupied, so the session couldn't commence. No definite timeline yet."

He added: "Discussions will first cover government medical admissions. Once that's done, the private sector session follows."

The meeting aims to decide on mark distribution (including a new "human qualities" section), relaxing the combined SSC-HSC GPA from 9.0 to 8.0, and cutting up to 1,200 seats from underperforming colleges (600 each in public and private). Applications open in early November, with tests on December 12. Students and parents await outcomes.