Public universities should not hold its admission tests through software as the country is not ready yet to hold such competitive examinations through a technology-based system, experts observed.
Due to the lack of technical capacity, public universities could not hold these examinations properly which further could invite extra burden and complexities.
An eight-member expert committee of UGC made the observations at a review meeting on Tuesday.
The software is not suitable for holding admission tests at public universities, they said.
The experts also said that it would not be right to take admission tests in public universities of the country using ‘Proctored Remote Examination System’ software, adding that the country is yet to develop the capacity to conduct admission tests with software.
“Taking admission tests through software, especially this one, can create confusion among students and guardians; while most assessments for students may not be accurate due to prevailing network and technical problems,” they added.
No country in the world conducts such large-scale examinations or admission tests with a single software, the mentioned, saying that “UGC can formulate a policy in case of taking admission tests through software.”
UGC Chairman Prof Kazi Shahidullah chaired the event.
Prof Dr Munaz Ahmed Noor, Vice-Chancellor at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University (BDU) highlighted various aspects of his invented ‘Proctored Remote Examination System’ software.
He said the software was originally designed to evaluate the internal examinations of universities but it would not be suitable for taking university admission tests online at present.