Students from other states can now join MBA, MCA courses
As the first step, GTU will hold entrance tests in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, March 03, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20110303201103030308139758cf47ba3)
Students gave the GCET online for the first time in Ahmedbad in 2009
Concerned over the decreasing number of takers for the MBA and MCA seats in the state and colleges fighting for survival, Gujarat Technological University has decided to throw open its seats to students across the country. Around 3,200 seats were left unfilled in 2010. GTU VC said the university is shaking up the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) to bring in the changes.
Earlier, with fewer colleges the question of state students being left out of the admission process arose, but the setting up of more MBA and MCA colleges has affected even reputed colleges that have failed to get their seats filled. GTU officials say the supply has far outweighed the demand now.
Due to fewer students, manpower and infrastructure have remained under-utilised. This has made it difficult for colleges to survive. Also, the centralised admission process has resulted in a lot of students getting reshuffled. This has delayed the admission process, which has in turn delayed the start of the term.
Distressed colleges too have been asking the university to allow them to admit students from outside the state. A college principal on condition of anonymity said, “The standard of education in many MBA and MCA colleges here is good. Therefore, there is no reason why students from other cities won’t opt to study here if they are given a chance to appear for the entrance test in their city. Students coming from outside will also raise the reputation of state colleges.”
Moreover, universities from other states admit students from the state. Looking at all these factors, the GTU has decided to open its doors to students from around the country.
Confirming the development, GTU Vice Chancellor Akshai Aggarwal told Mirror, “We are bringing in some major changes in the GCET admission process from the new academic year. First, we will open the admissions on an all-India basis. As a first step this year, entrance tests will be held in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.”
If the university comes across a sizeable number of applications from a particular city, than the university will decide on setting up of an examination centre in that city, Aggarwal said.
Secondly, the admission process continues for a period of two months due to the constant reshuffling, with students leaving or joining other colleges. “From this year, we will allow only two reshufflings and it will be stopped after the third manual reshuffling,” the VC said.
Aggarwal also said that they will hold the entrance test in February, so that the admission process is completed in time for the classes to begin by the second week of June.
This year the GCET couldn’t be held in February as the schedule of the college level exams had already been put in place. And a change in the schedules to accommodate GCET would have been highly inconvenient for the students and teachers, college teachers had conveyed to the vice-chancellor at a meeting on December 10 last year.
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, March 03, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20110303201103030308139758cf47ba3)
Students gave the GCET online for the first time in Ahmedbad in 2009
Concerned over the decreasing number of takers for the MBA and MCA seats in the state and colleges fighting for survival, Gujarat Technological University has decided to throw open its seats to students across the country. Around 3,200 seats were left unfilled in 2010. GTU VC said the university is shaking up the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) to bring in the changes.
Earlier, with fewer colleges the question of state students being left out of the admission process arose, but the setting up of more MBA and MCA colleges has affected even reputed colleges that have failed to get their seats filled. GTU officials say the supply has far outweighed the demand now.
Due to fewer students, manpower and infrastructure have remained under-utilised. This has made it difficult for colleges to survive. Also, the centralised admission process has resulted in a lot of students getting reshuffled. This has delayed the admission process, which has in turn delayed the start of the term.
Distressed colleges too have been asking the university to allow them to admit students from outside the state. A college principal on condition of anonymity said, “The standard of education in many MBA and MCA colleges here is good. Therefore, there is no reason why students from other cities won’t opt to study here if they are given a chance to appear for the entrance test in their city. Students coming from outside will also raise the reputation of state colleges.”
Moreover, universities from other states admit students from the state. Looking at all these factors, the GTU has decided to open its doors to students from around the country.
Confirming the development, GTU Vice Chancellor Akshai Aggarwal told Mirror, “We are bringing in some major changes in the GCET admission process from the new academic year. First, we will open the admissions on an all-India basis. As a first step this year, entrance tests will be held in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.”
If the university comes across a sizeable number of applications from a particular city, than the university will decide on setting up of an examination centre in that city, Aggarwal said.
Secondly, the admission process continues for a period of two months due to the constant reshuffling, with students leaving or joining other colleges. “From this year, we will allow only two reshufflings and it will be stopped after the third manual reshuffling,” the VC said.
Aggarwal also said that they will hold the entrance test in February, so that the admission process is completed in time for the classes to begin by the second week of June.
This year the GCET couldn’t be held in February as the schedule of the college level exams had already been put in place. And a change in the schedules to accommodate GCET would have been highly inconvenient for the students and teachers, college teachers had conveyed to the vice-chancellor at a meeting on December 10 last year.
