Three more DU depts likely to set tough condition for madrasah students

FE Team | Published: September 22, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Belal Hossain
Three more departments of Dhaka University are likely setting the same condition, which was earlier adopted by three other DU departments shutting out the students of madrasah background.
The departments are Economics, International Relations, and Library Science.
Chairmen of the three departments have already sent a policy framework to the deans' offices concerned in this connection. This will be sent to the vice chancellor for final approval within a day or two.
On the other hand, the number of seats for the students passing the HSC exams from the humanities group is being cut every year with an increase in the number of seats for students with the science and commerce background.
This year also the authorities are planning to cut the number of seats in the humanities group. The admission committee may finalise the decision in a meeting today (Monday).
Allegations are also there that the authorities do not pay heed at all to the two deans of the university, who are protesting against it.
Chairmen of several departments have alleged that two high-ups of the university, one from the science faculty and another from the commerce faculty, are trying again and again to get the number of seats cut further.
When asked about this, expressing his resentment, DU Arts Faculty Dean Sadrul Amin said there is no educational institute for the students from the humanities group except the general universities.
"Everybody knows it. Even, it is definitely illogical to cut the number of seats for the humanities-background students at the DU", he added.
Sources said students with the madrasah background were barred from getting admitted to English and Bangla departments five years back by attaching the condition that the admission seekers must study both English and Bangla of 200 marks each at the HSC or equivalent level.
The same condition was attached for the madrasah-background students in getting enrolled in the Department of Mass Communications and Journalism last session.
This year also, the chairmen of the departments of Economics, International Relations, and Library Science have recommended the same condition in the case of madrasah students.
They have mentioned in their policy framework submitted to the deans' offices that the admission seekers must study English and Bangla of 200 marks each for getting admitted to any of the three departments.
But in reality, a madrasah student studies English and Bangla of only 100 marks each. So it will be impossible for them to get admitted to those departments despite doing best in the admission test.