PUNE: The state CET cell will conduct an online Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to undergraduate courses of engineering and technology, pharmacy and agriculture faculties in two phases.
The first phase will be from September 4 to September 10 and the second phase will be from September 14 to September 20. State higher and technical education minister Uday Samant made the announcement on Wednesday in Pune.
The minister also announced the dates for the other CETs. While education faculty related CETs will start from August 26, those for law courses are slated to start from September 16.
The CETs for admission to MBA, MCA, MArch and hotel management courses will begin from August 26. However, the minister clarified that these are tentative dates and subject to change if the pandemic situation changes in the state.
Samant said the CET cell was told to increase the number of examination centres to ensure that they are not overcrowded. “As opposed to the previous years when there were around 250 exam centres, the number will be increased by 100 to 150 centres,” he said.
Minister for reopening of colleges from forthcoming academic year
Samant said he wants colleges in the state to reopen physically from this academic year but there will not be a blanket decision about it.
“The director of technical and higher education has been told to take a review of all districts by talking to the district collectors. Once their report about the Covid-19 situation in the particular district is in, we will take a decision on reopening after discussions with the disaster management authority. We will also try to speed up vaccination among college-going students either by using corporate social responsibility funds or the funds available with the university,” he added.
