More than 1.04 million students have been selected for admission to Class XI across different colleges and madrasas in the first phase of intake. Md Riazul Haque, college inspector of the Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Dhaka said over 1.073 million students applied in the first phase, with nearly 28,000 not selected. When asked why high-performing students were not selected, he explained that many applied only to top colleges, where other students with even stronger results were admitted. Selected students must confirm their admission by 8pm on Aug 22; failure to do so will cancel their first-phase selection and require reapplication with fees. The second phase of applications runs from Aug 23–25, and the third phase from Aug 31 to Sept 1.
