Under this initiative, financial assistance will be disbursed from the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust (PMEAT). Professor Mohammad Anwar, who is also the Member Secretary of the Preliminary Screening Committee for admission assistance, said that if the proposed guidelines are implemented, three times more students will receive admission assistance compared to the previous framework. At the secondary level, currently five students in each upazila receive Tk 5,000 as admission assistance. At the higher secondary level, instead of the existing two students per upazila, assistance of Tk 6,000 will be provided to 10 students. For the undergraduate level, where there was previously no specific quota, the new guidelines propose admission assistance of Tk 8,000 for a maximum of 2,000 meritorious students nationwide.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 21, 2026 10:20 UTC