DU ‘Gha’ unit results out, 16.55pc pass rate

The admission test results of the Dhaka University’s first-year undergraduate courses under ‘Gha’ unit for the academic session 2014-15 have been announced with just 16 per cent pass rate.
Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique announced the results Monday afternoon at the central admission office.
In the admission test held on Sept 26, 87,203 candidates appeared for the exams under ‘Gha’ unit, according to a news agency.
Of them, 18,320 candidates cleared the test. The success rate is 16.55 percent. Of the successful candidates, 1416 will be enrolled now.
The students can also see the results on the university’s website.
Apart from that they can also get to know it by sending an SMS typing DU<>Gha<>Roll to 16321 from any mobile phone.
Earlier, only nine per cent students cleared the admission test for ‘Kha’ unit held on Sept 19. In that exam, only two students were found eligible for admission in the English department.
The results had evoked strong reaction from various quarters about the quality of education.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid had questioned the admission test process, saying it was faulty.