JU says ‘no’ to uniform admission test

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has decided not to adopt uniform admission test.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the university's Academic Council on Tuesday afternoon.

The university will enroll the students as per its own admission tests.

The decision came a day after Dhaka University and Rajshahi University took decision of not adopting the uniform admission test.

Earlier, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and Chattogram University made similar decisions.

On January 23, the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory apex body for higher education, took the decision to hold uniform admission test at a meeting with vice-chancellors of public universities.

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