5,000 students cant take MBA-CET

<p style="text-align: justify;">Even if you scored a first class in graduation through correspondence, you will not be qualified to appear for the state-level common entrance test for the much sought after MBA course.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />In a recent notification issued by the directorate of technical education (DTE), only those who have graduated with a full-time <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1264132939phpKWdWPq.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="110">Bachelors degree will be able to appear for the test to be conducted on February 21.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The last minute announcement has dashed the hopes of as many as 5,000 aspirants. &ldquo;The notification has come without warning.<br />Until last year, we were eligible to appear for the exam and I have been preparing for it since. It is outrageous that my degree is not valid even though I have scored well,&rdquo; said Bharat Pandey, who did BCom through correspondence from the University of Mumbai.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />In a further tightening of eligibility criteria, only candidates who have passed with a minimum of 50% can now take the test, as against the 45% requirement in 2009. &ldquo;I have scored 47% in Bachelors in Management Studies (BMS) course and had been relying on the state-level entrance test to get admission to a MBA programme. We are planning to write to the authorities to change the minimum score criteria,&rdquo; said Manav Wagh, an aspirant.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />A source in the DTE said that the decision was taken at a meeting held in December. &ldquo;The eligibility criteria were changed mainlty to raise the quality of candidates,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;Even the IIMs accept students who have graduated through distance education, so why not the state MBA-CET?&rdquo; said Arks Srinivas, director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education (TIME), a training centre for MBA aspirants.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;Several students from poor financial backgrounds complete their degrees through part time courses,&rdquo; said Parag Chitale,director of CPLC, another training institute.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;This move will discourage the economically weak students from aiming high,&rdquo; said Gulnar Sharma, director of Janki Devi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, SNDT University.</p> <p><strong>Source: http://www.dnaindia.com</strong></p> <p><strong>Date: 22nd, Jan., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below: </strong></p> <p><a title="Related courses and colleges" href="https://management.shiksha.com">Related courses and colleges</a></p>