Rajshahi University authorities this afternoon decided to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in its admission tests for a single year from the 2016-17 academic session.

An academic council meeting at its senate building made the decision following recommendations from the deans of different faculties, RU Vice-Chancellor Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin, who chaired the meeting, said.

Earlier on October 14 last year, Dhaka University authorities first decided not to allow the admission aspirants to sit for the entry tests for second time aiming to eliminate unequal competition between regular and irregular students, and discourage tutoring at coaching centres.