Cluster admission test for agri sciences held successfully

The cluster admission test for the 2024-2025 academic year's first-year undergraduate programme in agricultural sciences was successfully held across the country.

The results of the admission test are expected to be published on April 15, confirmed Mohammad Toufiqul Islam, Director of the Public Relations and Publications of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), to UNB on Saturday.

This year's examination was conducted simultaneously at nine main centres and 13 sub-centres, totalling 22 centres across the country. BAU led the organisation of the examination.

Professor Dr A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan, Vice-Chancellor of BAU and Chairman of the Central Admission Committee, stated that all necessary preparations had been taken across the nine universities, ensuring the test was conducted in a fair and peaceful environment. Notably, female candidates outnumbered male candidates among the examinees this year.

He expressed his gratitude to all those involved in the successful execution of the admission test.

According to the latest data received by UNB, the attendance rate at the BAU centre was 90.89 per cent. Across the 22 venues, a total of 12,665 seats were arranged in 246 rooms. Of these, 11,511 candidates were present, while 1,154 were absent.

Other attendance statistics include:

University of Dhaka - 84.59%

Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University - 87.34%

Sylhet Agricultural University - 66.45%

Khulna Agricultural University - 93.45%

Patuakhali Science and Technology University - 66%

Habiganj Agricultural University - 85.60%

Kurigram Agricultural University - 95.65%

It is noteworthy that approximately 25 candidates competed for each of the 3,863 available seats in this year's cluster admission test.