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MCA admissions for the 2025-26 academic year are open, with entrance exams like NIMCET, CUET-PG, and MAH MCA CET already conducted or having registration periods that have closed. 

Key Dates and Deadlines:

• MAH MCA CET 2025 Exam Date: March 23, 2025.
• TS ICET 2025 Exam Dates: June 8 & 9, 2025.
• NIMCET 2025 Exam Date: June 2025.
• IGNOU Online MCA Admission Last Date (January 2025 Session): February 28, 2025.
• VITMEE 2025 Last Date to Submit Application Form: March 31, 2025.
• TS ICET 2025 Registration Last Date: May 3, 2025.
• MAH MCA CET 2025 Registration Last Date: February 25, 2025 

Here's a list of colleges near Erode, Salem, and Namakkal that offer MCA courses and have fees potentially under INR 30,000, along with some additional information:

Erode:

Government Engineering College, Erode:

Nandha Engineering College (NEC):

Vellalar College For Women:

KEC - Kongu Engineering College:

Erode Sengunthar Engineering College:

Erode Arts and Science College: 

Salem:

Government Arts College, Salem

The university has not released the placement stats for the BCA course. However, as per Shiksha review, the table below showcases the placement stats recorded for BCA students that took place during the recent placement drive:

Note: The placement stats mentioned in the table above are gathered from Shiksha review page. Hence, the stats may vary further.

The average package for the MCA students passing out in 2024 was INR 3 PA. The table below depicts the same:

MCA is 2 year Full time course that requires 12+ graduation degree in computer Science or any discipline subject with mathematics an elective subject. Guru Nanak Dev University conducts its own entrance exam, which is the GNDU MCA entrance test. Students have to qualify for it. The total tution fees for MCA is approximately 2- 3 lakh.

The overall fee for the BCA course at KSG College of Arts and Science is around Inr 84,000. The fee is inclusive of the full duration of the course. Also, students who choose to stay in the hostel will have an additional hostel fee of around Inr 55,000. The college wants to deliver quality education with an emphasis on practical knowledge so that the students are ready to enter the job market after graduation. The tuition structure is intended to be affordable while maintaining the standards of education and facilities.

Yes, you can pursue BCA even if you are from the commerce stream. It is not compulsory to have PCM stream. For B.Tech it is compulsory to have PCM in 12th not in BCA. 

Yes, the State Common Entrance Test Cell authorities will release the MAH MCA CET answer key. The correct answers to the question paper will be available through the MAH MCA CET answer key. The authorities will release the answer key online, and no other mode will be used. Candidates can use the answer key to check the correct responses and calculate their probable scores before the result is announced.