DU does not heed UGC, takes admission tests in December
Graphics: Agamir Somoy
The Dhaka University administration has not heeded the request of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and rather they have decided to hold the admission tests in December as per its earlier schedule.
The decision to hold the admission test for the first year of undergraduate programs according to the previous schedule was taken today, Monday afternoon, at an emergency meeting of the university's General Admission Committee. The decision was taken unanimously, Pro-vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Dr. Mohammad Almujaddede Alfesane told Agamir Somoy.
The meeting, chaired by university Vice-Chancellor Professor A B M Obaidul Islam, was attended by Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Abdus Salam, Treasurer Professor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, deans of various faculties, department chairmen, and directors of the institutes.
Earlier, considering the re-evaluation and re-examination of HSC and equivalent examination results, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had requested postponing the admission tests. That request was made at a meeting with the vice-chancellors of the country's public universities in the morning.
After the meeting, it was announced at a press conference that a decision had been taken to start the application process for first-year undergraduate (honors) admission in the country's public universities from January. And, there are plans to hold admission tests from February. After discussions at the meeting on students' interests, the admission test schedule, the publication of results of the HSC supplementary examination, and coordination in the admission process, it was decided that the universities would set examination dates through mutual coordination. This was stated by UGC Chairman Professor Mamun Ahmed after the meeting.
However, as Dhaka University remains firm in its decision to hold the admission test in December, those who will sit for the supplementary examination are being left in uncertainty.
According to the published schedule, the online application for DU admission will begin at 12:00 noon on November 11. The process will end at 11:59 PM on November 25. The admission test through the IBA unit will begin on December 5. According to the admission circular, the admission test for the Arts, Law and Social Sciences unit will be held on December 19 (Saturday), the Science unit on December 12 (Saturday), the Business Studies unit on December 26 (Saturday), the Fine Arts unit (general knowledge and drawing) on December 22 (Tuesday), and the IBA unit on December 5 (Saturday).
Except for the IBA unit, the admission tests for the remaining units will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The IBA unit admission test will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Except for the Fine Arts and IBA units, the admission tests for the other three units will be held in 8 divisional cities, including Dhaka.
The divisional centers are Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Barisal University, Khulna University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, and Begum Rokeya University.
According to the circular, the application fee for the IBA unit is Tk 1,500 and for Fine Arts Tk 1,400. The application fee for the remaining units is Tk 1,200 each.
