No external agencies to be involved in admission tests: Jadavpur University

Kolkata, July 11: A day after its decision to reintroduce admission tests in six undergraduate courses, the Jadavpur University on Wednesday said the admission will be conducted by the varsity itself and no external agencies will be involved in the process. “No external agencies will be involved in the admission test process. There would be no outsourcing. The admission will be conducted by the Jadavpur University,” Registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharjee said after the admission committee meeting. However, he refused to reveal further details about the evaluation process, saying these things should be kept confidential. “The process of setting the question papers or the evaluation process should always be kept confidential. We think that neither the aspiring students nor the press should no who is setting the question papers or what would be the evaluation process,” he said. (IANS)