HC Ordered Re-Ranking Exercise: Relief and Disappointment to Engineering College Aspirants!

by web developer | Sep 26, 2022 | Articles

Due to the peculiar pandemic situation, the state government decided to cancel the Class 12 examinations or promoted the students based on different criteria.

The High Court of Karnataka has taken up the hearing on KCET 2022 ranks and repeaters issue at 3:55 PM. However, no concrete decision has been taken again, and the matter has been posted for further hearing. The matter of KCET 2022 has been listed as Item No. 69 in Cause List 1. The court has taken up the hearing as per the serial number. The candidates can check the latest live updates of the KCET 2022 hearing here.

What is KCET?
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test or KCET is conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority and is a gateway for candidates to get admission to undergraduate various technical courses every year. Taking admission in BTech, B Arch, BSC agriculture and BPharma offered by various government/ private aided/ UN- Aided professional education institutions in the state of Karnataka will have to take this entrance exam for admission.

• KEA Karnataka Examination Authority is the nodal agency for examining professional courses.
• Admissions take place based on the ranking which is determined by 50% of the marks obtained by the candidates in physics chemistry biology and 50% of the marks obtained in the CET examination.

 Changes in CET 2021:
In 2021, due to the pandemic, the government decided to cancel the +2 examination and promoted the students based on their internal assessment or different criteria. Following this KEA has decided to conduct the CET and evaluate the rankings based on a 100% CET score, as against the usual norm for the academic year 2021-2022. However, candidates were allotted seats in various institutions based on their respective CET rankings determined by CET scores.

CET examination Controversy in 2022:
In 2022 authority published information while inviting applications from students for CET that was held in June-July. That information stated eligibility for engineering and technology courses or decided by the usual norm of considering equal weightage from QE score and CET score. The authority directed the students to upload their scores of the qualifying examination while applying for the CET examination.

On July 30 KEA announced the CET result in which a total of 2,10,829 candidates had appeared for the exam, out of which close to 24000 candidates of CET 2021 had taken the exam for the second time in 2022. Although, KEA evaluated the CET rankings for re-rankers only based on a 100% CET score, for the freshers it will calculate based on the equal weightage of QE and CET scores.

The argument of (KEA) Karnataka Examination Authority:
The executive director of the Karnataka Examination Authority Ramya S argued that if they were to consider equal weightage of QE and CET scores or repeaters to evaluate their CET rankings, it would be wrong with the 2021 CET candidates and 2022 CET freshers.

But now, KEA also stated that if a CET candidate of 2021 re-appeared for the examination even in 2023, 2024, or 2025 then, their evaluation will be done the same as the criteria set for the said year, which is based on 100% CET score 

The authority also highlighted some facts regarding the repeaters that the internal assessment was not considered for CET rankings for 2021. Similarly, for students who did not take the qualifying examination which was not conducted during 2022, the said internal assessment marks obtained for class 12 would not be considered for the academic year also.

On the day when CET results were announced, the KEA issued an order that the QE score would not be considered for evaluating the rankings of CET repeaters.

What do the re-rankers say?
The re-rankers argued over their rankings that have drastically changed or dropped following the unfair evaluation. Those rankers who had ranks under 10,000 ended up with the ranks this year in 2022. Some students took a gap of year for preparing well in the CET rankings and secure a seat in a good college. Also, some of them took a year off to study for NEET and kept this exam as an option.

They argued that there’s no notification mentioned or order that PUC marks would not be considered. This made them take CET again to better their ranking. He said, I ended up with a rank of over 1 lakh with a CET score of 72 but the last year it was 65 and had a ranking that would be higher than 42000. With a high ranking of over 1 lakh, how am I supposed to get admission to a good college?

HC verdict on the CET controversy:
Most of the repeaters filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court in August, seeking a 50-50  weightage of QE and CET scores for the CET ranking. Krishna Kumar the justice allowed the petitions on September 3 that is filed by the repeaters and also directed the authorities to conduct the CET ranking by considering 50% of QE and 50 % of CET scores for the re-rankers.

Fresher’s point on KCET:
A KCET fresher name Aditya Biradar started an online petition against the HC verdict and said students from the state board are more considered and got their board marks without writing any sort of written exam, which will affect freshers’ CET rankings.

Another fresher who ranked 24443 said that the decision is disappointing because after the revaluation my rank might go up by a thousand points but I am tense and will get a clear picture after the revaluation is done. Although, I might take admissions through CET ranking rather than COMEDK (Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka ranking) “.

One more fresher said with the redoing of the entire CET rankings, will only further damage the academic prospects of the freshers. Abhishek D, rankings might go up by thousands of points also not good in college. He aims to pursue computer science engineering with the current ranking if his ranking is changed then he opted Mechanical engineering which has very low career opportunities.

Government Stand on the CET:
Higher Education Minister Dr. C N Aswath Narayan, says that on Monday it will be announced that the government would be challenging the HC order. This will change drastically the ranks of the freshers and would be unfair to them.

The head of the Karnataka Education Authority Ramya also expresses views that usually witness around 2000-3000 repeaters every year during the CET examination. Although, this year the number is close to 24,000 which is higher than the last year. Government give the word that the counseling for CET will begin soon, following which classes would commence.

CENTAC Counselling Session Latest Updates, General Instructions

by web developer | Sep 26, 2022 | Articles

The centralized Admission Committee (CENTAC) conducts the counseling session for Puducherry MBBS/ BDS /BAMS Admission 2022. While taking admission in MBBS or any medical courses students keep in mind that the admission is wholly based on the NEET score card, NEET is mandatory to participate in Pondicherry NEET Counselling 2022.

Through current information, CENTAC (Centralized Admission Committee) has already informed about the online registration fee in Indian Rupees; NEET candidates while applying for admission to the first year MBBS/BDS/BAMS courses in Government and Self-Financing Medical/ Dental or AYUSH Colleges in the UT of Puducherry.

Important Dates:

• Online application submission opens on the 12th of September 2022.
• Last date for submitting the forms on 25th of September 2022.

To avoid missing any crucial information regarding the counseling events, candidates can check the details on its official website also.

Instructions:

• Students must ensure that they are entering the All India Counselling Rank against NEET Rank while filling up the application.
• Candidates who belong to OBC seeking admission to B.V.Sc National Self Supporting seats should submit their non-creamy layer certificate as an attachment while filling up the application.
• Students who belong to Puducherry or residents should submit an affidavit while filling up the application. Although, the format of an affidavit is available on the CENTAC website.
• Aspirants must have passed the H.Sc. Academic examination which is conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary examination of the state or any other equivalent exam.
• Candidates must have 50% marks in aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, or botany/ zoology. For OBC/ BCM/MBC/SC/ST it is 40%.
• Students should also have studied English as one of the main subjects.
• Students should not be at least 17 years old at the time of admission.

CENTAC Classification of Seats:

• In government colleges or private colleges through government quota only residents of the U.T. of Puducherry are eligible.
• In government colleges, through self-financing / sponsoring quota students have a few seats, restrictions of residence may be there. Other Seats are filled on An- India basis.
• Through other state quota candidates from the concerned states are eligible.
• Through All India Quota (For UG Medical / Dental Seats only DGHS filled it on an All-India basis.
• In private colleges, through Management quota there is no restriction on Residence. Filled on- An all-India basis.
• In private colleges, through minority quota students who are residents of the U.T. of Puducherry only are eligible.

The application form will be released on the website for NEET 2022 qualified candidates. CENTAC is a common admission portal to all the colleges of Puducherry under this all candidates who have passed the qualifying examination and those who have appeared in the such qualifying examination are eligible for admission under such various courses.

Candidates seeking more information on Puducherry NEET admission 2022 can read the article or check out its official website.

AYUSH Counselling: AACCC Security Fee Refund 2022

by web developer | Sep 26, 2022 | Articles

In this article, AYUSH Admissions Central Counseling Committee (AACCC) has already informed all the students regarding the security fee of undergraduate AYUSH counseling. Those candidates who had participated in AACCC Counselling, are hereby informed that as per the eligibility criteria the security money of 15675 candidates has been refunded by All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi.

Although, due to the wrong bank credentials filled by the students at the time of registration of AACCC counseling, the refund of the security money of 486 students is pending. But, now it has been informed by the All India Institute of Ayurveda.

Here is AACCC AYUSH Admissions Central Counseling Committee of Ministry of AYUSH, Gov. of India, conducting the online counseling allotment of 15% All India Quota seats for undergraduate students in AYUSH course includes BUMS/BAMS/BHMS or post-graduate courses MD/MS courses under Govt./Govt. aided Ayurveda/ Siddha Homoeopathy Colleges, Deemed Universities & Banaras Hindu University.

While taking admission to AYUSH for undergraduate and postgraduate courses the Counseling is based on the following points check below;

Undergraduate courses 

• There is 15% All India Quota UG including BAMS/ BHMS/ BUMS seats under Govt./ Govt. Aided institute of all states/Union Territories.
• Students will get 100% UG BAMS/BUMS/BHMS seats under National/Central Institutes.
• They will get 100% of undergraduate BAMS seats under Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh.
• Students will get 50% of BUMS seats in Meghalaya, shilong.
• Also 50% in AMU Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
• 100% seats offered to BAMS, BUMS, and BHMS seats of all Deemed Universities.
• 100% of seats for undergraduate courses in which 15% of All India Quota+ 85% of Delhi Quota of ASU & H institutes under Delhi University as per the conditions provided by the University.

Post Graduate Courses

• Students will get 15% of All India Quota seats of PG Courses under Govt./Govt. Aided ASU & H institutes of all states/ Union Territories.
• There is 100% of PG seats available for students from All India Quota and Institutional Quota under Banaras Hindu University as per the eligibility conditions provided by the University.
• 100% of PG seats are available in National Institutes as per eligibility criteria provided by the respective Institutes.
• Also, 100% PG seats of all Deemed Universities
• 100% of PG seats reserved 50% of AIQ+50 DUQ of ASU& H Institutes under Delhi University as per conditions provided by the university.