Lottery system for all classes: Dipu Moni

A digital lottery will be held in all government and private secondary schools of the country for all classes to stop the ‘admission battle’ and lobbying, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday, reports UNB.

She said, “I want the system to get out of this kind of admission war. I want the students to get out of the negative practices and come to the positive.”

The minister said this while inaugurating the digital lottery at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the capital on Sunday.

Dipu Moni said, "Children face a lot of stress while competing for the admission tests. An unhealthy competition can be seen as illegal issues get included.”

"What we used to see in terms of admissions is the admission battle of parents and children," she added.

The minister also said the children who will be admitted in class one are being forced to memorise everything beyond their capacity and the parents are also memorising with them.

Meanwhile, all the meritorious students with the highest marks are studying in one school. Quality education will be ensured if there are students of different merit together in every school, the minister added.

Education minister said, "If students have to get higher marks after studying everything for admission, then what is the achievement of the school?”

“We’ve received positive responses from most places since last year's lottery as this system has created opportunities for establishing equality,” she said.

Earlier, a digital lottery was held on 15 December to select students for admission in government secondary schools.

Last year, a lottery was held in the metropolis. This time, the lottery was held at district level. In future, all the institutions will come under lottery system for admission, said the minister.