25,000 to take all-India engg entrance exam in city today

After the initial hiccups in availability of application forms and apprehensions about the location of examination centres...

Results likely by June 7; score cards from June 12

After the initial hiccups in availability of application forms and apprehensions about the location of examination centres,around 25,000 students from Pune will take the All-India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) on Sunday. A total of 1,24,500 students from the state will appear for the examination,as against 80,000 last year.

The AIEEE examination scores are used for admission to BE,BTech,BArch and BPlanning in 20 NITs,IIITs,IIITM,IIITDM,16 deemed universities and nine central and state government-funded institutions. In Pune alone,around 40 engineering colleges accept the AIEEE score for admissions,while most engineering colleges in the state fill up 15 per cent of their total intake capacity through the AIEEE.

The results are likely to be declared on or before June 7 and the score cards will be dispatched to candidates from June 12 to 27,the AIEEE official website said. The final list of institutions admitting students with intake in each discipline and category as per reservation through the AIEEE-2009,including the counselling procedure,schedule and centres will be displayed on the Central Counselling Bureau website in May-June.

Students who have opted for BE and BTech courses will appear for Paper I,comprising compulsory subjects Physics,Chemistry and Mathematics and any one of the four optional subjects Chemistry,Biotechnology,Computer Science and Biology between 9.30 am and 12.30 am. Those who have applied for BArch and BPlanning will take Paper II,comprising Maths Part I,Aptitude Part II and Drawing Part III between 2 pm and 5 pm.

Last year,students and parents had complained about shortage of examination centres in Maharashtra,because of which students from the state had to take examination in far-off places like Port Blair,Ahmedabad,Vadodara and Andaman. This year,the Directorate of Technical Education provided four new exam centres in the state. Students will now appear for the exam in various colleges in Amravati,Aurangabad,Mumbai,Pune,Nagpur,Nashik and Thane. It will also be held at two centres abroad Riyadh and Dubai.

More local centres
* Students from Maharashtra will get to take the exam within the state many got colleges in Mumbai and Thane as examination centres
* For the first time,students were given four options in the application form for exam centre priorities
* Also,for the first time,candidates got the option of appearing for the examination in English or Hindi

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