RU Correspondent
RAJSHAHI, Aug 04: The number of research students and fellows has been decreasing as the administration made the condition difficult for admission at the Rajshahi University (RU) campus recently.
Although, the number of research students and fellows admitted was double earlier.
Many of them are not able to get admission in the higher studies including M.Phil and PhD level due to lack of qualifications.
As a result, the path of research in this second highest educational institution is going to decline for tough conditions, sources claimed.
Earlier, the requirement for admission to M.Phil and PhD in the University was GPA 3.00 in SSC and HSC, CGPA 3.25 in anyone of the graduation and post-graduation 3.00 and CGPA 3.00.
However, it is increased to GPA 4.25 from GPA 3.00 in SSC and HSC, CGPA-3.25 at anyone of graduation and post-graduation level for arts/social science/Fine Arts faculty while CGPA 3.00 in the other.
The students' of law and science faculties have to CGPA 3.25 in the both graduation and post-graduation level, and the requirement is CGPA 3.50 for the students of MBBS/BDS to get admission for M.Phil and PhD.
Sources said in the last six years in the academic year of 2012-13, maximum number of research students and fellow were admitted at the university.
In that year, 119 and 55 students were admitted for M.Phil and PhD level respectively.
It can be seen the review of information, until the condition is tightened till the academic sessions of 2015-16 some 116 students admitted for M.Phil while 51 students for PhD.
Later, the students' number has decreased from the academic sessions of 2016-17. Since, then the rate of researchers' admission at RU reduced about 58 per cent which is one-third than previous years.
Zohurul Mon, a thesis group student of Geography Department expressed about the problem that the students who can be admitted in higher studies in other universities or abroad in the same results.
Due to the difficult requirements in RU, the same student cannot be admitted here.
He demanded to relax the conditions to increase the research student.
While talking with a high official of the administration remarked that conditions are hard to defend for the quality of research work.
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