Islamic University punishes 24 students for unfair means in examinations

The Islamic University administration has punished 24 students for various terms on charges of adopting unfair means in examinations. Among those punished, the examinations of a specific semester of 18 students have been cancelled in full.

The information was disclosed in an office order signed on Sunday (October 25) by Machudul Haque Talukdar, member-secretary of the examination discipline committee.

According to the office order, the punishments were placed before the authorities on the basis of recommendations of the 76th meeting of the examination discipline committee, held on October 17. After approval, subject to a report, at the vice-chancellor's syndicate meeting on October 25, the offences of the accused students were reviewed in detail and the punishments were put into effect.

Under sub-section 6(2) for offences under section 5(7) of the examination discipline ordinance, all examinations of a specified semester of 18 students from various departments have been cancelled.

Those punished include one student of the 2021-22 session of the Accounting and Information Systems department, two of the 2023-24 session of Al-Fiqh and Law, one of the 2022-23 session of Fine Arts, one of the 2024-25 session of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), and three of the 2021-22 session of Public Administration.

The list also includes two students of the 2024-25 session of Dawah and Islamic Studies, one of the 2022-23 session of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, one of the 2023-24 session of Finance and Banking, one of the 2021-22 session of Development Studies, one of the 2022-23 session of Law and Land Administration, and two students each from the 2022-23 and 2021-22 sessions of Biomedical Engineering.

Separately, under sub-section 6(1) for offences under section 5(1) of the ordinance, the examinations of specific courses of several students have been cancelled.

In this list, a student of the 2023-24 session of Development Studies has had the examination of the DS-5205 course of the master's second semester cancelled. The PA-4104 course examination of the BSS fourth-year first semester of one readmitted student of the 2020-21 session of the same department and of two students of the 2021-22 session has also been cancelled. In addition, the examination of the 5207 course of the MSS second semester of a student of the 2023-24 session of the Social Welfare department has been cancelled.

In addition, under sub-section 6(3) for an offence under section 5(11) of the ordinance, all examinations of the third-year second semester of a student of the 2021-22 session of Biomedical Engineering have been cancelled. At the same time, it has been decided to cancel all examinations of the following semester as well.

With this office order from the university administration, disciplinary action against a total of 24 students has now taken effect.