The Rajshahi University authority has decided to hold the examinations in-person from June 20. The exams that were postponed in 2019, then in 2020 due to the pandemic, will all be held in two phases starting later this month.
The decisions came from a meeting held on Thursday between the university administration, deans of the faculties, chairpersons of the departments and directors of the institutes of the university.
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RU public relation office administrator professor Md. Ajijur Rahman informed this through a press release.
Engineering faculty dean professor Md. Ekramul Hamid said those examinations which were postponed in 2019 will start from June 20, and examinations from 2020 will be held from July 4.
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Academic committees of each department will decide to make a routine for exams following the determined dates. They will shorten the syllabuses if needed, he added.
RU acting vice-chancellor professor Ananda Kumar Saha said dormitories of the university will open if the government instructs to that effect. Otherwise, the dormitories will remain closed.
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