Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet)
BUET's only female dorm christened Sabequn Nahar Sony Hall
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has decided to christen its only female residential dormitory Sabequn Nahar Sony Hall.
Sabequn Nahar Sony was a second-year chemical engineering student of BUET. She was killed in crossfire of a gunfight between two factions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of then ruling BNP, on June 8, 2002.
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This decision was taken at the 526th meeting of the university's Syndicate on November 3, Dr Md Forkan Uddin, registrar of the university, said in a statement.
Dr Mizanur Rahman, director of student welfare of the university, told UNB that the female dorm was named after Sabequn Nahar Sony, following a demand from the students.
Besides, another under-construction residential hall for the female students of the university has been named after Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib.
Many BUET students not ready to sit term final exams online
A number of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students are worried as the university authority has decided to take the term-final examinations of its undergraduate students online this year.
The students said final exams online cannot be a good option as most students reside in rural areas and face frequent electricity disruption and also a big portion of students haven't got enough logistical support to sit in final exams.
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The decision of holding the exam online came from the academic council meeting of the university held on July 28.
The exams will be taken through LMS and virtual meeting software (Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Moodle) and students will be provided letter grade based on both term-final examination and continuous assessment.
The duration of each exam will be two hours and students will have to submit their answer sheets online through LMS software within 15 minutes of the end of the exam.
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Exams will be taken, forming a group of up to 35 students for each test room (online meeting app) and two teachers will act as invigilators for each group or team.
Students were asked to use two devices during the exam: one device for video monitoring and another to be used for exam purposes. Students will have to open cameras during the examination.
Talking to UNB, students said most of them cannot manage two devices for exams and Internet connection disruption is a key barrier to sit online exams.
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The authorities should consider offline exams after ensuring speedy vaccination of all students, they demanded.
Bangladesh universities nowhere in QS World University ranking
No university of Bangladesh – neither public nor private -- has found any place at the top level of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University ranking of 2022.
The positions of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) remained unchanged at 801-1000, a very abysmal show at the global stage.
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Besides, Bangladesh’s two top private universities -- Brac University and North South University – have got their places at 1001-1200.
QS does not assign specific positions for universities rated below 500.
But the universities in India and Pakistan have greatly outclassed those in Bangladesh as eight Indian and three Pakistani universities found their positions in the top 500.
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Twenty-six Asian universities were named in the global top 100 in the latest ranking like the previous year.
Two universities of Singapore – the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University – are there at the 11th and 12th spots respectively in the global ranking.
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Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) earned the top spot for the 10th consecutive time. It was followed by the University of Oxford, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, and Harvard University, in the top five.
QS evaluates 1,300 universities across the world according to six metrics: Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty/Student Ratio, Citations per faculty, International Faculty Ratio, and International Student Ratio.
Buet decides not to join uniform entry test system
The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) on Wednesday decided not to join the integrated admission test of public universities which is expected to begin from the 2020-21 academic session.