After CAT, GATE goes online but partially

<p style="text-align: justify;">After the Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to top business schools in the country, some Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have conducted their post-graduation entrance examination - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - for two papers <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1265775365php0eXfS7.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="110">online.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />"Indian Institutes of Technology at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore successfully conducted online GATE 2010 for two out of 21 papers," a human resource development ministry official said Tuesday.<br /><br /><br />The examinations of two subjects -- Textile Engineering and Fiber Science, and Mining Engineering (MN) -- were conducted using computers by these institutes. About 1,700 candidates were registered for these examinations which were conducted simultaneously in eight cities over two shifts Monday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The online examination was conducted in GATE 2010 this year for the first time and depending upon the experience, it might be repeated on a larger scale in subsequent years, the official added.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The written version of the exam in other 19 papers shall be conducted all over the country Feb 14.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) conducted computer-based CAT for the first time in the last week of November and first week of December. Technical glitches and virus interrupted the online test, forcing the IIMs to conduct a second phase of CAT for over 8,000 aggrieved students Jan 29 and 30.</p> <p><strong>Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/</strong></p> <p><strong>Date: 10th Feb., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://management.shiksha.com/">Related courses and colleges</a></p>