MHT‑CET to follow JEE Main model, to be held twice — in April and May

Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil made the announcement on Tuesday, following a review meeting with the state Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, which conducts entrance tests for admission to various higher education courses in Maharashtra. “At the national level, two JEE entrance examinations are conducted, giving students two opportunities. Similarly, students in Maharashtra will also get two opportunities through these two entrance exams,” said Patil.

The MHT-CET is a state-wide entrance test for admission to professional courses such as engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, architecture, etc. It is generally held in April with one session each for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) and Physics, Chemistry, Biology (PCB) groups of subjects. From the upcoming admission cycle, there will be two sessions per subject group.

An official from the higher education department said, “The new system is to allow students a choice to appear for MHT-CET as per their convenience. Apart from allowing a chance for aspirants to up their scores, a CET held twice will also allow students another chance should they miss the first one for any reason. In the existing system of one attempt, if a candidate missed it due to any reason, there was no such chance.”

Along with MHT-CET, the plan includes two attempts for MBA/MMS CET too, which determines admission to popular postgraduate courses of the management stream. This CET is generally held in April and will now be held twice – once in April and another session in May, just like MHT-CET. While it will be mandatory to appear for at least one exam for MBA admissions in state; for candidates appearing for both attempts, the score from the one in which they perform better will be considered for admission.

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