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. Read: Buet students threaten class boycott if Abrar murder accused continues classes 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. Read Challenges of 4IR: DCCI, BUET ink MoC 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. Read: Abrar Fahad murder: Expelled Buet student joins online class after obtaining stay order The authorities should consider offline exams after ensuring speedy vaccination of all students, they demanded.

Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) will arrange graduation examinations online from September. This decision was taken at the 38th SAU academic council meeting on Sunday. During this time the proposed policy for online exams was also approved. The meeting was presided over by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Md. Matiar Rahman Hawladar. The proposed policy was briefly narrated by the chairman of the committee, Prof. Dr Syed Sayem Uddin Ahmed and presented through PowerPoint by Associate Prof. Masudur Rahman. READ: How does DU plan to take semester final exams amid pandemic?   After detailed discussion the policy was approved and exams were decided to be scheduled from September. The internship and postgraduate exams might be conducted in accordance with the university's conventional policies or in the proposed online system, said the committee.   READ: SSC, HSC exams either in Nov or Dec next: Education Minister