61pc pass among previously selected DU admission seekers
The result of the Dhaka University (DU) “Gha” unit re-admission test for 2018-2019 academic session under the “Social Science Faculty” has been published on Monday around 5pm with a pass rate of 61.1%.
Those 18,463 admission aspirants sat for the retake exam that had passed in the controversial admission test held on October 12 which was marred by widespread allegations of question leak.
Jahid Hasan Akash, who obtained first position in the previous exam with a record 114 marks out of 120, which drew widespread criticism in social media. He did not attend the re-take exam.
Following widespread condemnation of the results and nationwide protest, the university authorities acknowledged that the question paper had been leaked prior to the exam and decided to hold the test again on November 16.
Comparison:
“Gha” unit’s collective pass rate was 26.21% with pass rates of 24.56% in Science, 47.89% in Humanities and 17.94 % in Business in the October 12 exam. 11,936 from Science, 4,169 from Humanities and 2,358 from Business Studies group admission seekers among 70,440 examinees passed the test.
Now after the retake exam 9,886 aspirants have passed among all the 18,463 passed in the previous entry test. Some 2,282 students did not take part in the exam. This time 6,814 from Science, 1,900 from Humanities, 1,172 from Business Studies aspirants individually passed.
So, 57.09% aspirants of previously passed from Science group have passed the retake exam. Following this, 45.57% from Humanities and 49.70% from Business Studies group aspirants have passed the retake admission test among the previously passed.
How to check results:
Examinees can check their results on the university’s admission website: admission.eis.du.ac.bd
Students can also get their results by sending an SMS typing “DU GHA roll number” to 16321.
Students can apply for re-scrutiny of the results by November 25, applying to the Social Science Dean office with paying Tk1000.
Students who obtained pass marks have been asked to fill in the subject choice forms from November 20 to November 27. DU will nominate the subject on December 3 according to fulfill the requirements.
Those who want to apply for quota privilege, aspirants asked to collect the certain form from the dean office from November 20 to 27.
What happened?
According to the admission seekers and their guardians, the question paper of first “Gha” unit admission test - held on October 12 - was leaked 43 minutes before to the test. Law enforcers have found evidence that a hand-written question paper was circulated from two admission information centers in Bogra to an applicant’s parent.
The following day authorities formed a three-member committee to investigate the alleged leak and it submitted the report on Monday afternoon.
The university authorities shortly after October 13 midnight filed a case under Digital Security Act and Public Examination Act, against six named and many unnamed accomplices alleging that they were involved with the “Digital Forgery.”
The case was filed with the Shahbagh police station. Total six named accused, all from Bogra, were arrested at the Doyel Chattar of the DU campus.
Allegations of question paper leak in the “Gha” Unit admission test also surfaced last year after e-mails containing questions of the English part of the exam were sent to some admission seekers around seven hours before the exam.
