Anomaly in Dhaka University business studies entry test check, re-evaluation

Dhaka University 'Ga' Unit admission test examiners have crossed the right answers and ticked off the wrong ones in the answer sheet of a candidate, which might have cost her a berth in the institution's Faculty of Business Studies.

The number of mistakes in 33 out of 100 multiple choice questions or MCQs in the candidate's answer sheet was same in a reevaluation leading her to retain the total score at 37.68.

bdnews24.com has a photo of her answer sheet and reviewed the answers.

The candidate, Sanjana Ullah Taiba, would get 76.8 points if the answer sheet was checked correctly.

Taiba told bdnews24.com on Thursday that one of her friends made the same choices in the MCQ test and was placed on the merit list.

For instance, Taiba had picked the correct answer for the spelling of 'Lieutenant' on question no. 16 of English section, but the examiners considered it wrong.

The other sections Taiba had to answer in the admission test are Bangla, accounting, management, and finance and banking.

Each section had 20 questions. Every correct answer fetches 1.2 points while a wrong answer costs a candidate 0.24 points.

She said she doubted the results after those were released on Sept 18 and asked for a reevaluation, but her total score did not change.

Out of the 28,248 students, who took the Sept 15 test, 4,168 cleared it.

The university's Online Admission Committee Coordinator Professor Hasibur Rashid passed the responsibilities on to the business studies faculty.

"I don’t check answer sheets. The faculty does the job. Please contact them," he said.

The faculty's Dean Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam denied the allegation.

"Journalists are always undermining the university's image by spreading confusing information. It's not right," he told bdnews24.com over phone.

He asked the reporter to speak to him in person. When the reporter went to the campus and called him on his phone to see him, the teacher asked him to come again on Sunday.

Vice-Chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman did not take calls from bdnews24.com.