Karnataka govt considering common entrance test for B.Sc admission
The Hindu
Registration for CET begins on July 15
The State government is mulling over making the Common Entrance Test (CET) - as an admission test for entrance into undergraduate science programmes. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwathanarayana said that if implemented, it would come into effect from the coming academic year. He said that CET was scheduled to be held on August 28 and 29 and would be held over a two day period. The registrations for the examination will be open from June 15. Dr Ashwathanarayana said that they had decided not to consider the PU marks for agriculture science and pharmacy courses.
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