Cancelled written test of advocateship candidates for 5 centres now Feb 27 Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The written test of advocateship candidates, which was cancelled in December last year, will be held at five centres on February 27.
The four-hour written exam will be held from 10:00am to 2:00pm on February 27, according to a notification issued by the Bangladesh Bar Council today.
Chaos at bar council exams
A law graduate comes out of the Bar Council enrolment exam hall with her answer scripts at Mahanagar Mohila College in the capital yesterday. A section of the graduates created chaos at the centres for the exam claiming the questions were too hard and demanding “auto-pass”. The woman’s face and ID card have been blurred to protect her identity.
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Claiming that the questions were too hard, some candidates of the written test of Bangladesh Bar Council enrollment exam yesterday went berserk in different exam centres, preventing others from taking the test and burning their answer scripts.
Some Bar Council Enrollment examinees boycott written test, prevent others from taking it
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A group of Bar Council Enrollment written exam candidates allegedly went berserk at different exam centres preventing others to sit for the exams and burning their answer sheets this morning.
They also harassed examinees and invigilators physically, drove away many invigilators to stop the exams, claiming questions in the exams are very hard to answer.
The situation arose when many examinees have long been demanding auto-pass like schools and colleges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They have been demanding oral test only.