Starting this year,the University of Pune (UoP) is trying to make the procedure for admissions to certain courses more student-friendly. The UoP has come up with 20 help centres for students spread across Pune,Nashik and Ahmednagar,7 of which are in Pune,which will help students fill in their forms,submit them there and get their photos scanned for the hall tickets at the same place. This facility will be available for students applying for Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA),Bachelor's of Computer Application (BCA) and Bachelors for Business Management (BBM). The students can take the printouts of the entrance forms from the university website,fill them up at these help centres and submit them there itself. These help centres have been set up in the 20 colleges which were the exam centers last year. Asistant registrar,academic section said,The forms for the common entrance test (CET) will be available on from May 3-20. The students will now be able to go to any of the 20 centres. It will save them the trouble of posting the form. The photos will also be scanned by the respective centers. The admit cards will then be made available online and the students can download it. The university is also open to having more colleges act as helping centres. We selected these 20 colleges because the exams were held here last year. However,if more colleges are willing to come forward,we will welcome them. Afterall it is for helping the student community, he added. WN Gade,director,Board of College and University Development said,Apart from helping students with the forms and hall tickets,these help centers will also be able to answer any queries that the students have. The guidelines have been formed by the commerce department and will simplify the procedure of the exam to a large extent. The CET exam will be conducted by the university on June 12. A few of the colleges in Pune that will act as help centers are Modern College,SM Joshi College,HV Desai College and Arihant Institute.
