Circular saying state govt entrance exam must for PGDM courses forces B-schools to put admission process on hold
Circular saying state govt entrance exam must for PGDM courses forces B-schools to put admission process on hold
The All-India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) latest circular mentioning students seeking admission to PGDM programmes in AICTE approved B-schools will have to appear for the state government-conducted exams has sent shock waves across higher education institutes.
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| Testing times: Students seeking admission to PGDM courses will now have to sit for the state government-conducted CET. Representation pic |
The development means students will have to give the CET in the state.
As the decision has come at the eleventh hour, many institutes that are almost through with their first leg of admission procedures like promotions, entrance exams and selling of forms have to rework the whole procedure.
As a result of this, admission procedures of management institutes have been put on hold.
Reacting strongly to the decision, institutions across the city said admissions would be affected and so will be the quality of education.
Raman Preet, director, Pune Institute of Business Management, said, "We have wasted our time, money and energy. We will now have to restart the entire admission process and it's sad that autonomous institute have no support from the government."
Speaking on the same lines, Chetan Wakalkar, Group Director, Indira Group of Institutes, said that looking at the government rules and regulations, educational institutions will be left with no option but shut down.
"Even if the ministry was planning to come out with the regulation, there should have been a time-frame in mind and this shows that they are taking us for granted," said Wakalkar. "The centralised body is not equipped to handle the entire process. Last year there were 9,000 seats vacant and if this year they are handling the entire admission procedure then they are putting PGDM seats in jeopardy."
College authorities are also concerned about the quality of education. Pramod Kumar, President, ISB&M, said it will bring down the overall standard and promote malpractices.
"The biggest drawback is that tomorrow I will not be concerned with the future of the students like their placement issues," said Kumar.
Students, too, think that the decision has come at the wrong time. Shradha Mali, a student who has already appeared for SNAP, mentions that her time and money has been wasted.
"With SNAP I would have known my results next month. But because now I have to appear for CET, I have to wait till June and don't know where I will get admission. I am very nervous," said Mali.
Jyotirban Dey, a student from Kolkata said he was clueless about his career. "I don't know what's going to happen because I have no idea of the admission dates. If I am unable to clear the CET, then my entire year will be lost," said Dey.
