No JU geology dept students pass 2nd year final exam

Not a single student of the 43rd batch of the Geological Sciences (GS) department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has passed the second-year final exam, while only 6.67 per cent of the 42nd batch students of the department have passed their third-year final exam, sources said. 
According to the department’s notice board, all students of the 43rd batch have failed in Sedimentary Petrology (GS-204), while most of the 42nd batch students have failed in Igneous Metamorphic Petrology (GS-305). The examinations committee of the department scheduled the exams for these courses on September 18 last year. The university also resumed classes on that day after the Eid Ul Azha vacation. 
The students of these batches placed a request in writing with the examinations committee to hold the exams at a later date, since they claimed that they would not be able to present themselves at the venue in time for the exam after making proper preparations. The examinations committee, however, did not pay heed to the students’ request. 
Though the committee did not show any sympathy to the students, none of the students appeared for the exams on that date, confident that the committee would schedule another exam later.  
However, as the examinations committee did not hold the exams again, the students could not pass these courses.
After the results were published last week, most students expressed deep dissatisfaction about the steps taken by the department. “The exams committee could have held exams for these courses later. 
But they did not show any sympathy to us, despite our many requests. Now, we have been affected as a result of this action by the department. The departmental authorities should have been more flexible with us in this regard,” said a third-year student (43rd batch) of the department on condition of anonymity. 
“We always sympathise with the students. Sometimes, we have to become more sympathetic, outside the university’s rules and regulations. No action has been taken against the students in this respect. 
As they did not appear for the exams, they failed these courses. But no one will be a repeater in this regard,” said the chairman of the department, Mahfujul Haque, to The Independent.  “The students did not pass because of their own fault. 
We cannot pass anybody who has not appeared for the exam,” he added. 

 

No JU geology dept students pass 2nd year final exam

Not a single student of the 43rd batch of the Geological Sciences (GS) department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has passed the second-year final exam, while only 6.67 per cent of the 42nd batch students of the department have passed their third-year final exam, sources said. According to the departments notice board, all students of the 43rd batch have failed in Sedimentary Petrology (GS-204), while most of the 42nd batch students have failed in Igneous Metamorphic Petrology (GS-305). The examinations committee of the department scheduled the exams for these courses on September 18 last year. The university also resumed classes on that day after the Eid Ul Azha vacation. The students of these batches placed a request in writing with the examinations committee to hold the exams at a later date, since they claimed that they would not be able to present themselves at the venue in time for the exam after making proper preparations. The examinations committee, however, did not pay heed to the students request. Though the committee did not show any sympathy to the students, none of the students appeared for the exams on that date, confident that the committee would schedule another exam later. However, as the examinations committee did not hold the exams again, the students could not pass these courses. After the results were published last week, most students expressed deep dissatisfaction about the steps taken by the department. The exams committee could have held exams for these courses later. But they did not show any sympathy to us, despite our many requests. Now, we have been affected as a result of this action by the department. The departmental authorities should have been more flexible with us in this regard, said a third-year student (43rd batch) of the department on condition of anonymity. We always sympathise with the students. Sometimes, we have to become more sympathetic, outside the universitys rules and regulations. No action has been taken against the students in this respect. As they did not appear for the exams, they failed these courses. But no one will be a repeater in this regard, said the chairman of the department, Mahfujul Haque, to The Independent. The students did not pass because of their own fault. We cannot pass anybody who has not appeared for the exam, he added.