Medical admission
HC stays govts mark deduction decision
STAFF REPORTER
A vacation bench of the High Court yesterday stayed a government decision to deduct marks from second time admission seekers in government-run medical colleges and institutions.
The HC also issued a rule asking the government to explain why its decision to deduct five marks from second time admission seekers should not be declared illegal.
In response to a writ petition, the HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain came up with the order.
Health Secretary, director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council chairman and the Dhaka University VC have been asked to reply to the rule within four weeks.
On August 21, the DGHS had issued an admission notice stating that it would deduct five points from those who would retake the tests and publish the result based on that score.
On August 28, Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Eunus Ali Akond, filed the petition with the HC saying that the government decision to deduct five marks from total marks of the second time medical admission seekers, would violate an individuals basic rights.
The petition said that the governments decision to deduct marks is discriminatory and contradictory to the national education policy.
The decision violated the constitutional provision of equality and equal opportunity of the candidates, according to the petition.
