The Common Entrance Test ( CET ) Cell will no longer have exam centres outside the state. Students from other states who want to appear for the CET will now have to travel to centres within the state to take the exam.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, speaking to the media on Thursday, explained that this measure aims to prevent malpractices in the examination process. The decision comes after concerns arose when the five-year law entrance exam results, announced late Wednesday, showed that four candidates from a single centre in Patna achieved perfect percentile scores.
Three of these students took the exam in the morning session on April 28, while one appeared in the afternoon session. Due to suspected irregularities at this centre, the Higher and Technical Education Department has ordered an investigation, which will be carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said Patil.
Last year, in March, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch dismantled a racket that lured students with promises of inflating their CET percentiles for admission to various programs. Three individuals from Delhi were apprehended in connection with the scam.
Prompted by this incident, and another case involving irregularities at a Nagpur examination center, the department has opted to eliminate out-of-state centers starting next year to safeguard the integrity of the entrance exams.
In another update, the State CET Cell released the results for the CET held on Wednesday, June 4, for admission to BCA, BBA, BMS, and BBM courses. This year, the number of candidates was much lower than usual. Despite more than 2 lakh seats available in colleges across the state, only 61,666 students took the exam, raising worries about many seats remaining vacant. To tackle this issue, Minister Patil announced that students will be given an additional chance to apply for these courses.
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