DU should hold entrance test first

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) delayed the date of its admission test until the result of Dhaka University's (DU) entrance test is released, meaning, SUST will have fewer candidates sitting for its entrance examination. On the other hand, Jahangirnagar University (JU) held its entrance test before DU. 

Many of whom were accepted into JU will eventually choose DU because it is often the university they prefer. The only reason why they also attended the JU admission test is in case they are not accepted into DU. 

This leads to the suffering of a huge number of candidates and their guardians and is one of the main reasons why they prefer a combined university entrance test. If universities cannot agree to that, they should at least hold their admission tests after DU's entrance examination result is published. 

Md Tofazzel Hossain, By email