CU entry tests from Monday

Admission tests for Chittagong University honours courses are set to start on Monday.

The ‘D’ unit test – for the faculty of social science – will begin at 10:30am, Vice-chancellor Anwarul Azim Arif told bdnews24.com.

The examinations for other faculties will follow and continue until Nov 5.

A staggering 30,861 candidates have registered to compete for the 877 social science faculty seats.

The vice-chancellor said preparations were complete and everyone, including the law enforcing agencies, had been consulted to ensure tests were held without a hitch.

Besides the university campus, the exams will also be held in centres elsewhere, he said.

They will be held at the Nasirabad Mahila College, Omargani MES College, Ispahani Public School and College, Enayet Bazar Mohila College, Hathazari College and Premier University’s WASA Campus and BGC Trust University’s Bayezid Campus.

Meanwhile, students have been arriving at the university and train schedules have been altered to facilitate their arrival.

Chittagong University Proctor Siraj-ud-Daula said the first train heading for the campus would start from Sholashahar at 7am on Monday.

Subsequent trains will leave at 7:45am, 8:30am, 12:00 noon, 3:00pm, 4:00pm and 8:30pm.

Trains leaving the university campus were set to start at 8:15am, 9am, 1:00pm, 1:30pm, 4:45pm, 5:30pm and 9:30pm.