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Even at this time in Corona, the college admissions test is still on the old schedule. Meanwhile, Dhaka University has announced that it will take the admission test in its own way. Four more large universities will also go there. In other words, none of the Big Five is interested in admission to the cluster system. If they do not come this way, other universities will also fall into a dilemma. As a result, students and parents will have to run across the country with health risks in Corona. A student must take the admission test in at least 10 places.
Concerned people say that because of Corona, major public exams like Higher Secondary (HSC) and equivalents have been canceled. HSC results will be released next December based on High School Certificate (JSC) and High School Examination (SSC) results. The admission process to the university will begin from January. And right now, the government expects the second Corona wave in winter. But then the student-parents have to run from one place to another for the admissions test. So why didn’t you take the HSC exam?
At the meeting of the Deans of Dhaka University on October 21, it was proposed to take the admission test directly according to the health standards. In that case, it is considered to focus on the divisional city to avoid the risk. Following this decision by the University of Dhaka, four other large universities are also following the same path.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka, Prof. Maryland. Akhtaruzzaman told Kaler Kanth: “We are thinking of alleviating the suffering of students and parents during the admission test and the crown. That’s why our deans have told us to test in the divisional city as well. However, the admissions committee will finalize the matter. When asked why they don’t come as a group, the rector said: “We are a 100-year-old university. We have to go ahead with different plans. We have already decided to take our own admissions test.
It is known that the director of a university is the Acharya or the Rector. President. Abdul Hamid has been interested in group or integrated admissions tests for several years. He also held a meeting with the vice-rectors on the matter. But the big universities are not paying the price for their words. However, last year, seven agricultural colleges conducted student admissions tests in batches. Even a few years ago, medical schools were centrally admitting students through a single exam.
Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University and Chittagong University were administered completely independently according to the 1973 Ordinance. On the other hand, Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET) is also governed by special laws . Therefore, the University Scholarship Commission (UGC) has not been able to force these universities to take integrated admissions tests, the source said.
BUET Vice Chancellor Professor Satya Prasad Majumder told Kaler Kanth that BUET will conduct a separate admission test. The decision was made last year. However, the decision on how the exam will be conducted will be announced after the HSC exam results are released.
The Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University, Prof. Shirin Akhtar told Kaler Kanth: “We have a Deans Committee meeting next Tuesday. The admission test will be discussed there. Then the decision will be made in the academic council. When asked if he would go in a group, he said he can’t talk about it right now.
Concerned people say that the big five universities do not want to enter a clustering system, as it will block the way of earning millions of rupees each year by selling admission test forms. They also like to see themselves as different from others when it comes to quality admissions tests. As a result, even though the UGC has been talking about the cluster system since 2008, it has been repeatedly rejected due to the unwillingness of the big five universities.
As can be seen, the University of Dhaka has earned a total of 12 crore 44 lakh 41,750 rupees from the sale of admission test forms in the first year of graduation (honors) in the academic year 2019-20. The money was earned by selling 2,08,537 admission forms in five units of the university against 7,116 places.
Jahangirnagar University has earned a total income of 19 crore 93 lakh 36,200 rupees selling forms in the 2019-20 academic year. Three lakh 59,982 forms were sold for 1,69 seats in 34 departments and four institutes in six faculties. A total cost of 10 crore 21 lakh 22 lakhs has been shown to organize the admission test. The university did not say what happened to the rest of the money.
It is known that since students do not have to apply separately in the cluster system, the money from the sale of the form will be shared between the universities in the cluster. Even if the big five universities get more money, their income will go down a lot.
The Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, Prof. “The decision about the admission test will be made by the academic council,” Nurul Alam told Kaler Kantha. He also declined to speak about the group’s method at this time.
The Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University, Professor Anand Kumar Saha, told Kaler Kantha: “We have an intake meeting this week. However, since we are an autonomous institution, we have our own thinking about the choice or evaluation of students. But it is not possible to evaluate students that way if we use the batch method. So we are faced with a dilemma about the grouping method. ‘
There are allegations that in recent years academics, professors and officials have shared millions of rupees from the sale of admission forms from the five big universities. Although there is a provision to deposit 40 percent of the sale of the form into the college fund, they have only deposited the money in name. The rest of the money has been spent arbitrarily. The BUET authorities have taken money from the reverse fund instead of depositing the money from the sale of admission forms into the fund. Many universities are reluctant to account to UGC in this regard.
It is known that a deserving student will normally stand for the admissions test at Dhaka University, BUET, Chittagong University, Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University. Apart from this, he will also give admission test to the medical school. Also, if some of the 47 public universities are included in the cluster system, there will be at least three exams. Also, in the Big Five universities, if students take exams in two units from each university, they will have to sit for more than 10 exams in this crown.
Last year, after agricultural colleges took the admissions test in the batch system, UGC took the initiative to take this year’s test by dividing all colleges into four sections. At the time, some vice chancellors proposed core exams in science, humanities, and business education, but the UGC eventually announced four-step admissions tests for science and technology, agriculture, engineering, and universities in general. At another meeting last March, the Big Five did not agree to come in any way. Even at the UGC meeting on October 15, no opinion was received from those five universities.
UGC member Prof. Muhammad Alamgir told Kaler Kantha: “We ourselves were in a dilemma with the big five universities. But this time I was a bit optimistic about Corona. Since the President has expressed his wish in this regard, it is his responsibility to propose a lot. We can’t force the rest of us. However, we are still trying to alleviate the difficult situation for students and parents.
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