Business studies students selected for admission to Government Science College

Two hundred students have been selected for admission to business studies in the Government Science College, an institution that has no such department.

The college, however, decided to admit the commerce students after the Inter-education Board Coordination Subcommittee published the merit list, although it has no teacher for this discipline.
 
The selected business studies students were, however, hesitant about joining a specialised science college.
 
The college decided to admit commerce students following consultations with the education ministry and the board.
 
The college had been established in 1954 as a Technical High School.
 
It was renamed Intermediate Technical College in 1962.
 
In 1985, the college started offering the BSc course and was renamed again as the Government Science College.
 
A 300-seat business studies department was opened in the college in 2009 but was shut down within four years.
 
An education ministry official said Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan directed the college principal this year to admit students in the institution’s (currently defunct) business studies section.
 
Principal Md Habibur Rahman told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that the college had admitted business studies students during three academic years, but not in subsequent years. 
 

“At present, the college has no business studies teachers either.”

College officials said only a few students took admission in three years since 2009 since it was renowned for science education.

The principal said the college authoritues consulted the education ministry and the board after the admission notice was published.

They would look after the necessary issues including the appointment of business studies teachers, he said.

“We have no problem in taking classes if students get admission in business studies,” he said.

“The teacher designated for computer classes can give lessons in any subject.”

Sources said the 300-seat business studies section in the college was still existed on ministry and board documents despite its suspension in 2013.

This year, SSC-passed students have been nominated for admission in specific colleges through the computer-generated admission system.

Various complexities were reported from across the country arising from this system.