Continuous hartal and blockade in the last one month have impeded the academic activities in at least 15 public universities.
Rescheduling of admission tests several times might result in prolonged session jam, fear University Grants Commission and the university authorities.
The public universities are not able to follow their year plans with many yet to conduct pre-schedule intake tests.
Students complained that rescheduling of admission tests over and over again had caused them manifold problems.
“I keep preparing for the admission tests in Khulna and Rajshahi Universities but every time it is postponed,” said Abdullah Al Arif, an admission seeker.
“I do not know when I would finally be able to take the admission tests and start classes,” he said in despair.
University authorities fear that the postponement of the intake tests would result in session jam.
UGC officials said in at least 15 public universities, admission tests for the fresh academic session had not been completed yet. “We are asking university authorities to complete the admission processes as soon as possible; but they are failing because of the consecutive hartals and blockades,” UGC chairman AK Azad Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
“In the last few years, all public universities except for three or four, had remained free from session jam. However, we are worried that the nuisance might hit the campuses again as the consecutive shutdowns and blockades are seriously hampering their activities,” he said.
University authorities said as students come from distant districts to take the admission tests, they cannot conduct the tests on Friday, the only day that remains free of political programmes.
Rajshahi University has already rescheduled its admission test a couple of times. The admission tests scheduled for December 25-28 have been rescheduled to December 28-31 because of the fresh spate of blockade.
Khulna University’s admission tests scheduled for December 7, 8 and 9, were cancelled. Fresh dates are yet to be announced.
Sher–e-Bangla Agricultural University postponed the Dec 14 admission tests. New date has not been announced yet.
