Higher education: SU conducts entrance tests for post-graduate programmes

Majority of students appeared at SU’s main campus in Jamshoro.

HYDERABAD: The Sindh University (SU) on Sunday conducted its entrance test for the 2,700 seats that it is offering for its masters and MSc programmes this year. The test was simultaneously conducted in five districts of the province, with a majority of the total of 2,922 candidates taking it in the university’s main campus in Jamshoro. According to the breakdown, 2,656 students took the test in Jamshoro, 50 in Badin, 160 in Dadu, 51 in Thatta and 20 in Bhit Shah. Another 1,700 candidates took the entrance test for admissions to MPhil programmes at SU’s Jamshoro campus.

The university observed an increase of 113 candidates taking the test for the masters programmes from last year, said SU spokesperson Nadir Mugheri. The increase, however, might be attributed to the new SU campuses that opened up elsewhere in the province.

The 90-minute test, originally scheduled to start at 10:00 am, was delayed and finished around 1:10 pm. Some students complained that there was confusion about seating arrangements. A question paper for the test for the pharmacy department contained 110 questions instead of the original 100. The university later corrected the paper and deducted the excess questions from it.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 22^nd,  2012.