Now, Maharashtra to hold its CET twice

 

 

 

 

The Common Entrance Test (CET), conducted for important courses including Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, MBA, will be held twice in the State. The Higher and Technical Education Department has started an investigation in this regard and a report has been sought from the State Common Entrance Examination Cell on the feasibility of the two options. Like the JEE examination conducted for Engineering admission at the all-India level, the Department is inclined to conduct State CET in two sessions — January and April.

 

During the same time the examination centres are engaged due to JEE examination so the Government is mulling conducting State CET in two sessions in last week of March. The CET Cell conducts 19 different CET examinations for 73 courses across the State. More than a lakh students appear for the exam for a few courses like Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA, Law. An official from the Higher and Technical Education Department said, a plan is ready to hold the CET for Class 12 passouts with Physics,

 

Chemistry and Mathematics group and the CET involving more than one lakh students twice. Since the CET for these courses is held late, many institutions offering self-financed courses attract students to themselves.

 

To avoid this, the Government is currently considering the idea of conducting the first CET in January and the second CET in April. However, since the JEE exam is being held all over the country during this period, the availability of exam centres is a key issue.

 

The official said that the CET department currently does not have its own exam centres, so its dependence is increasing. Though the plan yet not ready, the students may get less time to prepare. The Higher and Technical Education Department has sought a report from the CET cell in this regard.

 

If the CET is announced in January this year, students will get less time to prepare, but still, the examination is being considered around January 27.

 

The official also mentioned that a report has been sought from the CET cell on whether two CETs can be taken at the end of March, 15 days apart, instead of implementing the January-April pattern. Now, only after the report from the CET cell comes, a decision will be taken on whether there will be two opportunities.