The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education announced on January 7 that the EAMCET 2009 will be held on May 14 and that Dr L V A R Sharma will be the EAMCET Convenor.
Announcing the decision here APSCHE chief Dr K C Reddy said that the Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET), held to admit students in MBA and MCA courses, will be held on May 9 according to the schedule decided by the state government on January 7.
Announcing the decision here APSCHE chief Dr K C Reddy said that the Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET), held to admit students in MBA and MCA courses, will be held on May 9 according to the schedule decided by the state government on January 7.
The top-level APSCHE meet also finalised the schedule for various common entrance tests for admission to professional courses for the year 2009-10, identified the test convenors and the university responsible to conduct the test.
The ECET, conducted for polytechnic students for lateral entry into engineering courses, Dr Reddy said, will be conducted on May 11 and Dr G. Tulasiram Dass, Director, Academic & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Hyderabad, will be the Convener for the test.
The ECET, conducted for polytechnic students for lateral entry into engineering courses, Dr Reddy said, will be conducted on May 11 and Dr G. Tulasiram Dass, Director, Academic & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Hyderabad, will be the Convener for the test.
According to the decision, the Ed.CET (for B.Ed admissions) will be held on June 7, Lawcet for admissions to Law courses on May 30 and Pecet (postgraduate engineering) on June 10, he added.
While Dr V R C Krishnaiah of Department of Law, S V University, Tirupati, will be the Convener for Lawcet, Dr K.S. Sudheer Reddy of the Faculty of Education, Osmania University, will be the Convener of the Ed.CET. Prof. Reddy said that the notification inviting applications from the students will be issued separately relating to each CET by the respective conveners soon.
While JNTU, Hyderabad, will conduct the EAMCET and the ECET, Andhra University will hold the ICET and Dr P S N Raju, Principal AU College of Engineering will be its Convenor. The other entrance tests will be conducted by Osmania University (Ed-CET), Sri Venkateshwara (Lawcet), and Acharya Nagarjuna University (Pecet). Prof. D. Suryanarayana of Department of Physical Education, ANU, will be the Convener for Pecet. The vice-chancellors of the respective universities, entrusted with the job will be the chairmen of the tests, Dr Reddy informed.
“There will be no change in the exam pattern for all the entrance tests. The model will remain the same,” he said.
He also said that the universities are taking all steps to ensure error-free question papers following the bitter experiences encountered last year in forcing the government to award marks. “We will hold the respective conveners responsible for all the errors as they have the power to appoint expert committees on various subjects to draft questions,” Prof. Reddy said.
It has also been decided to introduce web-based counselling for admissions right from the first phase for all the entrance tests.
Last year, the initiative was introduced in EAMCET, ICET and EdCET, but only from the second phase of counselling.
While JNTU, Hyderabad, will conduct the EAMCET and the ECET, Andhra University will hold the ICET and Dr P S N Raju, Principal AU College of Engineering will be its Convenor. The other entrance tests will be conducted by Osmania University (Ed-CET), Sri Venkateshwara (Lawcet), and Acharya Nagarjuna University (Pecet). Prof. D. Suryanarayana of Department of Physical Education, ANU, will be the Convener for Pecet. The vice-chancellors of the respective universities, entrusted with the job will be the chairmen of the tests, Dr Reddy informed.
“There will be no change in the exam pattern for all the entrance tests. The model will remain the same,” he said.
He also said that the universities are taking all steps to ensure error-free question papers following the bitter experiences encountered last year in forcing the government to award marks. “We will hold the respective conveners responsible for all the errors as they have the power to appoint expert committees on various subjects to draft questions,” Prof. Reddy said.
It has also been decided to introduce web-based counselling for admissions right from the first phase for all the entrance tests.
Last year, the initiative was introduced in EAMCET, ICET and EdCET, but only from the second phase of counselling.
SETBACK : In a setback to Eamcet, the top-six engineering colleges in the state will come out of it as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to confer deemed status to the institutes. The deemed status will enable the colleges to conduct their own entrance examination and decide the fee structure. Students, who want to opt for these colleges need to apply separately and appear for the entrance exam.
Vignan Engineering college (Guntur) recently secured approval from the UGC, while the nods for other top colleges including Koneru Lakshmaiah (Guntur), Rajiv Institute of Engineering and Technology (Nandyal), CBIT (Hyderabad), Srinidhi College (Ghatkesar) and Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Kurnool) are in the pipeline.
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