The admission test of the ‘Kha’ unit under the Faculty of Arts for the 2021-22 academic session of Dhaka University was held on Saturday.
The test was held at designated examination centres across the eight divisions of the country. The test began at 11:00am for a duration of one-and-a-half hours.
‘This year, we decided to hold the exams in all eight divisions of the country to minimise the sufferings of the candidates and their parents,’ said DU vice-chancellor Prof Akhtaruzzaman.
‘Arts faculty dean Prof Abdul Bashir coordinating the unit exam and vice-chancellors of the respective universities helped us in this regard. I was told that the exams were held smoothly,’ he said.
This year, 58,565 candidates appeared for the unit test. There are a total of 1,788 seats in ‘Kha’ unit, which means 33 students are competing for each seat.
Besides DU, the admission test was held at the University of Chittagong, the University of Rajshahi, Khulna University, University of Barishal, Bangladesh Agricultural University of Mymensingh, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet and Begum Rokeya University of Rangpur.
