Hurdles in Karnataka Post Graduate CET - 2007

As per TOI news today, The Karnataka government's ambitious plans of having a common entrance test for admission to university P-G courses has suffered a setback.

Reason: The Inter-University Board sub-committee has recommended that the task of selecting students be entrusted to an independent selection committee as it would be a logistical nightmare for a single university to conduct the tests.

During the meeting earlier this month, the committee headed by Mangalore University vice-chancellor K M Kaveriappa resolved that the responsibility of holding CET cannot be entrusted to universities by rotation given the number of types of tests (about 146) and other complications like question paper setting, confidentiality, valuation and identifying exam centres across the state.

"Since the selection process will last almost three to four months, the university to which the job is entrusted will not be able to cope with the work. During that period the academic, research and other works in the university will suffer," the committee noted.

To overcome the problem, the government has suggested two or three universities could come together to hold the test every year. "Since a single university cannot hold the test we will ask two or three universities to come together, distribute work and resources to conduct the test. We will work out a solution in the next IUB meeting," higher education secretary Kaushik Mukherjee told TOI.

The sub-committee was constituted after the Inter-University Board headed by higher education minister D H Shankaramurthy decided on September 22 to have a CET for admission to P-G courses in universities.

The government has already decided to admit students in the 50:40:10 ratio, with 50% of intake reserved for students from within the university, 40% for those from within the state and the remaining 10% for students outside the state.

Source : TOI Dec 2