SAVAR, November 09, 2021 (BSS)- The honurs first year admission test of

Jahangirnagar University (JU) for the 2020-2021 academic session has begun on
Tuesday.

     The test started at around 9:00 am by holding 'D' unit exam will
continuing till 5:00 pm. The admission test was held in 5 shifts where around
7000 students participated in each shift.

     Strict hygiene rules are maintained in all of the centres. This year,
the JU authorities cut the marks and time short considering the pandemic
situation.

     Meanwhile, the university authorities shifted 'A' unit exam to November
20 and 21 which was scheduled to be held on November 7 and 8 due to the
recent transport strike protesting hike of oil price.

     About 163 students fight for each seat on average in this year's
entrance tests under nine units as 3,08,606 applications have been submitted
against 1,889 seats under six faculties and three institutes