JU BCL men stop urban dept exam A scheduled master’s exam of Jahangirnagar University’s (JU) Department of Urban and Regional Planning was indefinitely suspended yesterday after BCL activists locked the department’s gates centring a bar on two fellows from sitting the exam. Finding the two gates locked around 9:30am, the department’s acting chairman Golam Moinuddin called the proctorial body which cut the locks around an hour later. The exam was of the second of the five courses of the 2011-12 two-semester master’s session’s second semester. The accused, JU unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Vice-President Mahmud Al Zaman Papon and Publication Secretary Mamun Khan, had caused the suspension of the first course’s exam on September 22, the acting chairman told The Daily Star. The two had arrived in the exam hall inside Social Science Gallery, threatening to prevent the exam from taking place if they were not allowed to sit for it. Around 20 BCL activists were also standing outside the hall, he said. Assistant Proctor Kazi Saiful Islam arrived to quell the situation but failed, he added. The prerequisite to sit for the second semester exam is to have a GPA of 2.5 out of 4 in the first. But Mahmud and Mamun had 0.88 and 1.68 respectively, he said. As per the university’s rules, students failing to meet exam prerequisites can apply with the Academic Council, which then holds a meeting to decide on whether to let them sit for the exam. The acting chairman, who resigned as chairman of the examination body, said they would lodge a complaint with the JU authorities tomorrow. The two could not be contacted over cellphone despite repeated attempts. JU unit BCL President Mahmudur Rahman said this was not a party matter but it hapened between students and their department. TDS290913
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 05:39:14 +0000
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