Maharashtra UG Admissions to be based on 50% CET, 50% Class 12 result from 2023-24

Currently, the Class 12th marks are only taken into consideration to determine the student's eligibility to appear for the CET, while their admission to courses such as engineering, law and pharmacy among others, are based on their CET score.

Maharashtra UG Admissions to be based on 50% CET, 50% Class 12 result from 2023-24

Maharashtra Higher Education Minister Uday Samant has announced that the government is reconsidering admissions to professional and technical undergraduate courses with 50 per cent weightage to Common Entrance Test (CET) score and 50 per cent weightage to Class 12 results. 

Currently, the Class 12th marks are only taken into consideration to determine the student's eligibility to appear for the CET, while their admission to courses such as engineering, law and pharmacy among others, are based on their CET score.

However, now the government is mulling introducing this system from the next academic year, he said. "The state higher education department will issue an official order in this regard soon," he added.

“Under the current system, we observed that students only focus on CET examinations, while the importance of the Class 12 board exams diminished. As a result, the number of students appearing for Class 12 exams was reduced. Hence, we have decided to introduce the new system,” he said.

In 2012, the Maharashtra Government introduced the same formula, however, it was discontinued within a year, following criticism from the student's and parents' bodies. 

Last week, in a meeting between chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, and other government officials, the issue of considering average marks with 50 per cent weightage from CET and Class 12 results, was discussed.

Some days back, another meeting was conducted to discuss and review this year's CET exams, the Minister said. From the next academic year, CET results will be announced on July 1. “For this year, plans are to declare the result within the next 10 days, after the exam is conducted. So, no results will be put on hold for all other exams to happen, and one by one results will be declared.” Samant said.

“This 50:50 weightage system will help students make the base of Class 12 strong and also the importance of CET will be retained,” Samant said on Tuesday.

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