3 engineering varsities to hold cluster admission test soon
Sun Online Desk
4th February, 2021 05:00:13
Except Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) will hold cluster system admission test.
The admission test of engineering universities will be held after the tests of medical colleges and BUET, sources said.
RUET Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam said, “We have come to know that BUET will not take part in cluster system admission test. We have not yet received any formal letter from them. Under this circumstance, we three other engineering universities will take test in a coordinated way.”
Four public engineering universities are divided over holding uniform admission test on the question of where the exam would be held. They are yet to reach a consensus over which university's representative will be the chair of the admission test conducting committee. The difference of opinion surfaced in a virtual meeting between top officials of four universities and the
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Four public engineering universities have decided in principle to form a cluster and hold a uniform admission test.
But opinion seems to be divided on when and where the exam would be held.
Top officials of universities at a virtual meeting with the University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday said the academic councils at their respective universities had agreed to join the uniform admission test titled Central Admission Test .
Representatives of the UGC, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), Chattogram University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, attended the meeting.
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The much-awaited uniform admission test or Central Admission Test (CAT) is going to be introduced for enrolling students at the public universities in the country.
The universities are all set to introduce the uniform admission test from this academic year to reduce hassles of admission seekers and their guardians during entry test in the higher education institutions.
Thirty-three public universities out of 39 have agreed to hold the uniform admission test under several clusters to enrol the students.
However, six other universities Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University, Chittagong University, Bangladesh University of Professionals and Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology opted out of the system.