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Analysis of the Academic Calendar of Southeast
University
Summary The only way to hold 28 classes per semester is to utilize
basically all available Saturdays throughout each semester.
There is practically no e!ibility in this regard.
The total numbers of "onday#$ednesday available on Summer
2%&' were 2(. So faculty has to ta)e additional ' *four+
classes. The total number of ma)eup classes should be ,,-.
The report available in the A /rogram o0ce shows the
number of Saturday ma)eup classes was 21( *3 assume ,4
materiality+ which represents ,(4 of ,,- all re5uired regularma)e up and advance classes. This is roughly in line with what
should have happened.
A directive was issued on 6une 21 2%&' *7ef 97:A:%-#&':;%18+
< o0ce order dated April %( 2%&' *ref S=U:'->:2%&'+ which
strongly urged faculty members to ta)e ma)e up and
additional classes on Saturday. ?owever even without the
directive faculty members have no option but to utilize
Saturday classes to @ll the 28 class commitment. There is no
way around it. *;otice and 0ce order attached+
ccasionally some faculty members will face special situationsma)ing it necessary to ta)e classes on Thursdays and
Saturdays simply to ful@ll their commitment. Aside from health
issues it is e!pected that some faculty members will resign to
Boin another academic institution ma)e up for special events
go on leave for higher studies and so on.
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Analysis of the Academic Calendar of Southeast
University
1. Each trimester in the BBA Program is supposed to be designed in a way
such that there are 28 classes of 1.5 hours per trimester resulting in 42
hours 28 classes ! 1.5 hours per class" of class time. #his 28 $class
bloc%& includes three e!ams' two mid(terms' and a )nal" which means
that 25 meetings will be for actual class room instructions. Each
trimester will be designed as follows*
+umber of ,lasses 25E!am -ne 1 After at least 8 classes are held"E!am #wo 1 After at least 8 classes are held after the
/id 1"0inal E!am,entralied"
1 After at least 8 classes are held after the/id 2"
#otal classes 28
2. #he BBA Program ,lass routine is designed following a format %nown
as # 3 / format class routine # unday 3 #uesday and /
/onday 3 ednesday". Any missed class due to holidays' hartals and
political disturbances' or personal reasons" of # schedule was to be
made up on #hursday. Any missed class on / schedule was to be
made up on aturday. #his was done to facilitate holding 25 classesper semester. #here was a general instruction issued to build up
ad6ance classes to o7set anticipated loss of class a6ailability due to
holidays' hartals and political disturbances. #here was an ocial
directi6e issued in this regard. 9n response to that directi6e' many
faculty members had ta%en ad6ance classes on #hursdays and
aturdays. #hursdays and aturdays were utilied almost to the e!tent
of 1 percent in :une.
;. <et us loo% at ummer(214 emester plan and the probable plan for
0all 214.a. Summer 2%&' was originally scheduled to start on 22=5=214 3 end
on 5=>=214. ?ue to ;rd ,on6ocation of the start was delayed by a
wee% and classes actually started on :une 1' 214' resulting in
shrin%ing the trimester by a wee%. <et us loo% at a possible
con)guration of classes until the )rst e!am which was scheduled to
ta%e place in the wee% of :une 2@ to :uly 2.
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Please note again that there was an ocial directi6e issued about building
up classes ahead of schedule. 0or unday #uesday classes' ad6ances
classes are scheduled for #hursdays' which became una6ailable for
ad6ance classes of /onday #uesday slot. Assuming that there was no
ad6ance class in the )rst wee%' there were only ; #hursdays a6ailable for
ad6ance classes :une 12' :une 1>' and :une 2@"
"onday $ednesday Class 6une *Shortfall one or two classes+
"on
th
" $ " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $
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Assuming that there was no ad6ance class in the )rst wee%' and :une 14
was a holiday for hab(e(Barat' there were only 2 aturdays a6ailable for
ad6ance classes :une 21' and :une 28". ince these two days were the
only a6ailable days to ha6e ad6ance classes' that is what professors did.
9f these two days were utilied' then 2 ! 1;> / sections" 28 classes
had to be held on aturdays unless you could create another 24 hour day
somewhere within the wee%".
b. +ow' let us loo% at a possible con)guration of classes after the )rste!am which was scheduled to ta%e place in the wee% of :une 21 to :uly
2 until the /id 2. ince we are concerned about only aturdays which
is used for ad6ance classes of /onday(ednesday slot #hursdays are
not a6ailable"' we will consider only /onday ednesday slot.
"onday $ednesday Class 6uly *Shortfall at least ( classes+
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" $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $
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+ote that there are only 4 / classes 5 if :uly 2 was used for class and :une
; was used for /id 1" a6ailable before /id 2. o' there is a structural
shortfall of four or three" classes in :uly. 9f two ad6ance classes were ta%en
in :une' all the ad6ance classes should ha6e been used to co6er this shortfall
and yet lea6e a shortfall of at least one class by the end of :uly. 0or many
classes' actually one class bac%log would remain. #hree days were a6ailable
to co6er the :une shortfall of one class and build up for August. 9f alla6ailable three" aturdays are used for ad6ance classes -nly two will count
toward ad6ance classes and one will co6er the structural shortfall to this
point"' we would ha6e all aturday rooms being fully used to stay ahead to
co6er the shortfall in August.
c. +ow' let us loo% at a possible con)guration of classes after /id 2 which
was scheduled to ta%e place in the wee% of :uly 21 to :uly @ until )nal.
"onday $ednesday Class August *Shortfall At least one class+
"ont
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" $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $
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+ote that there are only / classes. #hat is a structural shortfall of one
class in August. 9f a professor had an ad6ance class by the end of :uly in
store' he=she need not ta%e a class on aturday. #hose who could not stay
ahead' were forced to ta%e classes on one of the a6ailable aturdays.
As it is clear' in ummer 214' there was structural shortage of 4 class days
reDuiring 55@ aturday classes for 1;> sections".
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A grim reality is outheast ni6ersity professors' unli%e all other uni6ersity
professors' ta%e three classes per wee% for e6ery section they teach
throughout the whole semester..
'. <et us as% the Duestion* $as it an aberration in Summer 2%&'
e will loo% at the possible calendar for / slot for 0all 214.
a. Dall 2%&' was originally scheduled to start on 21=>=214 3 end on
12=18=214. ,lasses are actually starting on eptember 24. <et us loo%
at possible con)guration of classes until the )rst e!am which has been
scheduled to ta%e place in the wee% of -ctober 25(;1
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"onday $ednesday Class September#ctober *Shortfall one or two
classes+
"onth $ Sat " $ ct
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e6en regular wee%days are a6ailable for class resulting in a structural
shortfall of one or two classes. Assuming no ad6ance class right after the
)rst class' -ctober 18 and -ctober 25 may be used to co6er the shortfall'which may not lea6e any ad6ance class in store for +o6ember and
?ecember.
b. +ow' let us loo% at a possible con)guration of classes after the )rst
e!am which has been scheduled to ta%e place in the wee% of -ctober
25(;1. +ote that we could not build for +o6ember.
"onday $ednesday Class ;ovember *Shortfall & or 2 classes+
"onth " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ "
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#here are classes regularly a6ailable lea6ing a structural shortfall of 1
class. #hree aturdays are a6ailable for ad6ance classes. 9f all three
aturdays are utilied' there will be only two at most" ad6ance classes.
c. +ow' let us loo% at a possible con)guration of classes after /id 2 until
)nal to be held on ?ecember 22(;1.
"onday $ednesday Class 9ecember *Shortfall At least three class+
"onth $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sat " $ Sa " $
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-nly 5 regular class days are a6ailable lea6ing a structural shortfall of three
classes. E6en those faculty members who succeeded in storing two ad6ance
classes in +o6ember will ha6e to ta%e a aturday class. Again' chances are
most professors will be ta%ing three classes per wee% per section in
?ecember.
Con@rmed A grim reality is Southeast University professors unli)e
all other university professors ta)e three classes per wee) forevery section they teach.
5. 0rom the following #able' it should be clear that aturday classes were
ta%en as they were necessary and depended on a6ailability and e!ams.
#o some e!tent' the ad6ance classes concentrated around :uly 5(12
due to e!hortation from an ocial directi6e to ta%e ad6ance classes
sent out by late :une"' but perhaps also because of the realiation that
that is the only way to satisfy the class meeting reDuirement numbers.
Percentages of classes ta%en in each aturday are gi6en in the table
below*
Class /ercentage
*4+
Class /ercentage
*4+
:une %%4* Dirst
Saturday+
August 2 %%4 *=id+
:une 14 %%4 *?oliday+ August > &&4
:une 21 &>4 August 1@ %14
:une 28 %84 * Dirst
"id+
August 2; %-4
:uly 5 224
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:uly 12 &>4
:uly 1> &%4 *Second
"id+
9n BBA program' total numbers of sections were 288 in summer(214. #he
total # sections unday(#uesday" were 14> and / sections /onday(
ednesday" were 1;>. #he class room capacity utiliation in / /onday(
ednesday" is >5F. #hat means there is shortage of class room to ta%e
additional classes. o it becomes una6oidable to ta%e classes on
aturday 3 total classes on aturday should be ,,- * ' Classes E&(1
sections+.
@. hen 9 chec% the records in the BBA Program oceGecords attached"'9 found the total number of ma%eup class were 2>; from that 2>;
ma%e up classes' full time faculty members had ta%en 18 classes and
part time faculty members had ta%en 11; classes. o' 2>; classes
were ta%en which is ,(4 of ,,- classes. 9 consider materiality 5F"
. 9 ha6e classi)ed ma%eup classes into two types.9. ,lass missed due to personal reason.99. ,lass missed due to ocial holiday or other una6oidable reasons.
/a%eup class missed due to personalreasons
18 ;8F
/a%eup as Ad6ance 15 @2F
e must recognie that' occasionally' personal issues will interfere with our
regular class plans. #here were pregnancies' there were rush to meet class
meeting reDuirements so as to ful)ll commitment to E before Hoining
another uni6ersity. #hese personal issues resulted in holding some August
classes on aturdays of :une and :uly. 9n other cases personal issues' it Hust
resulted in shuIing classes between aturdays' not between regular classdays and aturdays.
Table Three8. #he following table shows the date wise distributions of aturday
classes*
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:une :une ,lass(2
:une 14,lass(
:une 21,lass(48
:une 28,lass(2;
:uly :uly 5,lass(@4 :uly 12 ,lass(48
:uly 1> ,lass(2>
August August 2 ,lass(
August >,lass(;1
August 1@,lass(25
August 2;,lass(1@
Table Dour
Table Dive
>. 9 found that highest number of classes ta%en on 5th :uly 3 12th :uly. #he
Possible reasons of ta%ing this classes on this date is due to notice
issued by registrar oce issued on dated :une 2>'214.*7ef 97:A:%-#
&':&%18 Attchment#%(+ .
1. #he #op 0i6e 5 " full time faculty members who missed classes
are gi6en below* *9o you really want to mention this They
probably ful@lled their commitments @rst and missed classes
later.+
1. /s. Afreen Ahmad asnain
2. /s. igma 9slam @
;. /r. 0ahim ha%er 5
4. /s. Jerin #asnim 4
5. Prof. ?r./ohammad ale% 4 K"
Table Si!
11. #he #op 0i6e 5 " full time faculty members ta%e ad6ance ma%e
up classes are gi6en below*
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Sl. ;ame Classes 7easons
1. /s. mmay
alma
12
classes
he had to go maternity lea6e from
August.2. /s. :a%ia
ultana
12
classes
he Hoined ?ha%a ni6ersity and
completed her courses earlier.
;. /r. /d.0ahami
Ahsan /amum
12
,lasses
e Hoined ?ha%a ni6ersity and
completed his courses earlier.
4. /r.hahran Abu
ayeed
1@
classes
#a%e <ea6e.
5. yeda Lhadia
A%ter
12
classes
+ot %nown
Table Seven
Attachments:7eferences
1. ,lass Goutine of BBA' summer 214.2. -ce -rder Gef* E=4@=214 ?ated April ;' 214;. +otice Gef* ?G=A=@(14=+>84. +otice of Gesearch Adda' 21st :une 214' issued at 12th :une 214.5. oliday +otice of 14th :une 214' issued on 12=@=214.@. aturday Acti6ity Geport format' Gef* ?G=A=(14=+o 12 ?ated :uly
'214. +otice issued by B about /a%e up on 2;=@=2148. +otice about aturday report Gef* ?G=A=@(14=+->;>. +otice of E9? holiday' E=>8;=214 ?ated 2==214
1. Academic ,alendar 21411. B faculty class monitoring report' summer 214.12. ,opy of ,alendar
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A
Short 7eport
n
Saturday Class 9ilemma of
A /rogram
/repared for
Professor Dr. Md. Humayun Kabir Chowdhury
Honorable Pro Vice Chancellor
Southeast University
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/repared by
A.S.ooruddin Ahmed ACMA
Senior !ecturer " Coordinator #$$A Pro%ram
Southeast University
Date of submission:17th September 2014