MUMBAI: A day after throwing open the link for Class X students to register for the Common Entrance Test (CET), the state education board on Wednesday evening temporarily shut down the website till further notice due to technical glitches. Last week, the SSC results site had crashed, leaving students worried for several hours.
The link http://cet.mh-ssc.ac.in had crashed when it first opened at 11.30am on Tuesday. By evening, few students were able to get themselves registered for the CET. On Wednesday, some managed to register till as late as 7.30pm. But by late evening, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) stopped the link. MSBSHSE secretary Dr Ashok Bhosale said that the link will be made available to students after the technical glitches are fixed in a few days.
The registration dates were from July 20 to 26, but it will be extended after the link is up again. The exam date of August 21 between from 11 am to 1pm, however, remains unchanged. A state official said rumours were floated that the Class XI exams based on SSC scores had begun. But the state education department clarified that Class XI admissions (online and offline) will not commence before the admissions through CET are complete.
Students of the state board who registered for CET said that their confirmation came hours later. “Though I managed to get through the link, the confirmation came over three hours later,” said a student. Students of other boards, who have to pay the exam fees of Rs178 online, were left with no confirmation even though the payment was shown as successful.
