Dhaka, March 17 -- Education experts and policymakers have called for a careful review of Bangladesh's school admission policy, as the government considers scrapping the lottery-based system and introducing entrance examinations for government schools.

The issue was discussed at a policy dialogue in the capital on Monday, where participants warned that abrupt changes to the admission process could widen inequality in access to quality education, if not carefully designed.

The dialogue, titled "Education for Tomorrow in Light of the Election Manifesto: New Thinking, New Structure and New Initiatives," was organised by the Citizens' Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh at a hotel in Gulshan.

Rasheda K Choudhury, executive director of the Campai...