National University signs deal with AQA Global to digitalise examination system
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National University has signed a memorandum of understanding with AQA Global of the United Kingdom to make the university’s examination and assessment system modern and technology-based. Through this cooperation, an initiative has been taken to digitalise the various stages of examination management, increase the accuracy and efficiency of assessment and introduce an assessment method of international standard.
The memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday in the conference room of the vice-chancellor’s office on National University’s own campus in Gazipur. This is the first time an agreement has been signed between any institution in Bangladesh and the UK’s AQA Global.
Under the agreement, the various stages of National University’s examination conduct and assessment system will be reviewed and the necessary modernisation carried out. In this, alongside increasing the use of technology, emphasis will be placed on ensuring transparency, accuracy, speed and accountability in examination management.
National University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr ASM Amanullah said a huge number of students study at National University. To conduct examination and assessment activities on such a large scale, the maximum use of technology has to be ensured alongside the conventional method. They want the entire examination process to be faster, more accurate and more transparent, and wherever there is scope for human error, for it to be reduced through technology.
He further said the experience of advanced assessment systems of various countries of the world has to be utilised, and this cooperation with AQA Global has created that opportunity. In his words, this is not just an agreement; it is an important step towards making National University’s examination and assessment system fit for the future.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Ali Zinnah, National University Treasurer Professor Dr Md Nazmul Hossain and Shaun Crowley, director of international business at AQA Global, also spoke at the event.
Also present at the signing ceremony were Registrar Mollah Mahfuz Al-Hossain, Director of the Regional Centre Coordination Office Md Aminul Akter, Chief Engineer Md Mizanur Rahman, Director of the Teachers’ Training Office Salma Parvin and Director of the International Desk Raj Bin Kashem. On behalf of AQA Global, senior officials of both organisations were present, including Syed Shah, lead international of business development, and Shahin Reza, country director for Bangladesh and Nepal.
