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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Uniform Admission Test: 4 engineering univs to hold one exam Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
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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RUET to get 11 new ten-storey buildings soon
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RAJSHAHI, Dec 24, 2020 (BSS) – Eleven new ten-storey buildings are going to be constructed on the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) campus aimed at further developing the campus area to provide improved facilities for the teachers, researchers, students and others concerned.
The present government has recently approved a mega project involving Taka 599.30 crore for construction of necessary physical infrastructures and equipment installation for quality improvement of education and research in RUET. Earlier, the allocation was Taka 340.13 crore for the project.
The high-rise buildings will be constructed simultaneously under the project jointly being implemented by University Grants Commission and RUET initiated by the Department of Secondary and Higher Education under the Ministry of Education.