Question errors blemish DU
With a lot of mistakes in the question papers, the entrance test of “Ga” unit (business faculty) for the 2016-17 academic session of Dhaka University was held yesterday.
The candidates alleged that they faced problems due to the mistakes.
A set contained 99 questions instead of 100. The university authorities, however, said the admission seekers will be compensated.
The admission seekers said the candidates brought the incident to the invigilators' attention when they found question no. 7 was missing in a set of “Finance” section as no. 8 came after 6.
In English part of another set of question paper, the aspirants were asked to fill in the blanks from question no. 6 to 12 where they found from no. 6 to 11. Similarly, the use of appropriate prepositions started with no. 12 although it was supposed to begin with no. 13.
When asked, “Ga” unit admission test committee's convener, Prof Shibli Rubaiyat Islam, told reporters that all of the candidates, who faced problems due to such mistakes, would get “extra” marks no matter the answers were right or wrong.
He clarified that the admission seekers, who have either filled the OMR sheets or left those blank against the questions concerned, will be awarded the marks.
DU Proctor Prof M Amzad Ali said the admission seekers, who mistakenly filled their answer sheets before sensing the errors, were also provided with fresh answer sheets.
“The errors are unexpected and the university authorities will remain more careful in future,” he said.
The candidates alleged that due to the mistakes there will be anomalies in the results.
This year, a total of 42,147 candidates vied for 1,250 seats at the “Ga” unit test. Meanwhile, the “C” unit admission test of Jagannath University was held yesterday, where around 27,825 aspirants competed for 560 seats.
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