Admission in a public university like Dhaka University (DU) is one of the most desired but difficult challenges for any student. Every year, more than 50 admission seekers compete for each seat in the first-year admission test of DU. It is a dream university for most of our HSC passed students. However, the university allows a student only once to sit for its admission tests.
In almost every country in the world, students have the opportunity to participate in the admission test for more than once. This creates an open environment for admission test. Sadly, our top university does not have this option. If medical colleges can allow students to sit for second-time entry test, then why won't DU allow it? There could be some students, who may miss the admission test due to sickness. Is it not injustice to deprive them? If DU allows second-timers, first-time admission seekers will not be deprived as they will also be able to participate in the tests one more time. And through this, DU will get more qualified students.
If the DU administration wants, they can deduct some marks from the total number of second-timer candidates. But they should be given another chance for taking part in admission tests.
Ashikujaman Syed,
Research Assistant,
Bioinformatics Research Lab,
Center for Research Innovation and Development (CRID),
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