Jagannath University Cancels Winter Vacation for Admission Tests, Break to Be Added to Ramadan
The administration of Jagannath University (JnU) has cancelled the university's winter vacation. The decision was taken because the admission test for the first year of the undergraduate (honours) and BBA programmes for the 2026-27 academic session will be held.
The information was announced on Thursday in a notice signed by the university's Registrar, Professor Dr. Md. Sheikh Gias Uddin.
The notice said the winter vacation of the current academic session had been cancelled because of the admission test. Instead, the cancelled vacation will be adjusted and given together with the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.
The schedule for granting the vacation during Ramadan will be determined by the committee responsible for preparing the vacation list, the notice also mentioned.
Earlier, the decision on the matter was taken at the 133rd meeting of the Academic Council held on October 7. The decision was later approved at the 13th meeting of the Syndicate held on October 15.
