22 universities will participate in the common entrance exam for the academic year 2022-2023

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that 22 universities in the country will join the uniform entrance test for university admission in the 2022-2023 academic session.

Quoting Prof. Mohammad Alamgir, UGC member and convenor of the uniform admission test committee, a media release said a uniform admission test will be organized in all the universities of the country that are part of the process for the next (2023-2024) academic session.

The commission directed the universities to take the test and complete the admission process promptly, reads the release. Authorities of the universities were advised to make the admission test process easy and student-friendly, it said.

The decision was made in a meeting at the UGC on Monday.

Prof. Kazi Shahidullah, Chairman of UGC, said there are some challenges, but there’s no scope to opt out of this system.