All CU examinations under grading system postponed

A decision to this effect was taken at an extra-ordinary meeting of the syndicate held at the VC's office on Wednesday night.

Presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof AJM Nuruddin Chowdhury, the meeting began at 3.00pm and ended at 12.00 midnight.

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The meeting, however, did not take any decision over the cancellation of the grading system in evaluating the answer script.

Campus sources said the syndicate waits for some official formalities to cancel the grading system.

The syndicate has sent back the matter to the dean offices concerned for a primary recommendation. If the deans of the faculties concerned recommend, then it will be sent to the planning committee.

The planning committee will then refer it to the academic council for its approval.

After these formalities, the issue will be placed again before the syndicate for final decision.

When contacted, a syndicate member and Assistant Professor SM Nasrul Quadir told The Daily Star that the syndicate has the power to take any decision but it does not want to dictate. If other bodies recommend then the syndicate would take ultimate decision.

Meanwhile, students of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science (IFES) have also launched a movement demanding the cancellation of the grading system.

Due to their movement, the syndicate has also postponed all IFES examinations till September 10.

Earlier, following a series of movement, the university authorities had assured the striking students that the system would be cancelled only for three academic sessions of 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

However, the authorities are willing to keep the grading system in marking the year final examinations from 2001-02.

The students of the university are now split into two groups. One group belonging to these three academic sessions has postponed their movement while the other group who were admitted in science faculty in 2001-02 session had launched a fresh movement demanding the total cancellation of the grading system.

The agitated students of the 2001-02 session on Wednesday staged a sit-in programme on the registrar building premises and observed a token hunger strike to press home their demand.

The syndicate during its meeting on Wednesday night assured the science faculty students of 2001-02 session that the grading system will also be cancelled for them.

When contacted, a senior teacher of the law department said the university authorities might have to face a legal hazard if they cancel the grading system and revive the old class system.