The smart admission system employed for admission in Class XI broke down due to technical glitches, forcing the education authorities to extend the deadline for admission.
The first-ever merit list for college admission was first supposed to be published on Thursday, but was not due to technical glitches.
Later, Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan announced yesterday morning that it would published by yesterday afternoon, as the UNB reported, but the prospective students could not get their results on the website www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd as of 6pm yesterday.
A team from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) is trying to revive the website and the merit list based on this year’s SSC results, he said.
He apologised to students and parents for the delay in publishing the results and urged them not to worry, saying the situation was under control, the UNB reported.
Dhaka Education Board Chairman Prof Abu Bakar Siddik said the results would be published soon, but refused to give any precise schedule.
Quoting Buet authorities, the chairman said the aspirants could not see their results on the Education Ministry’s website because of technical problems.
The Buet authorities said they had found that the website had been hacked several times. Steps have been taken to restore the site soon, he said.
The website showed a message informing that the process of publishing the results was underway and a new schedule for publication would be announced soon.
Around 1.16 million students applied for enrolment in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) programme, which has been based on results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations for the past few years.
The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, in a statement said students on the first merit list would be able to take admission to colleges between June 27 and 30 without paying any late fees.
A second merit list is scheduled to be published on July 2, based on the number of seats remaining in colleges after students of the first lot are enrolled.
Mustafa Jabbar, former president of Bangladesh Computer Society, said the website was an experiment of Buet students, but it was not their job and the government should have appointed a software company for the project.
“I think the education secretary is responsible for this failure,” he said.
Source: Dhaka Tribune