Updated on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Over 12500 students have scored over 40 marks out of 120 marks in the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GujCET) conducted on May 9. The GujCET results which were announced had only 73 who got more than 110 marks out of 120.
Officials in the department said 37,291 students from Gujarat board, 2,535 students from other boards took their examination held in May. Of the 120 marks, equal weightage was given to all three subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
According to officials, about 391 students have got over 99 percentile, while another 801 have got 98 percentile. Officials said that GujCET will be applicable only for admission to medical courses.
The board had recently uploaded the answer key of the GujCET on its official website. It was pointed out that question number 58 in A set of paper one had two correct options. Students who have ticked either option will be given full marks.
It needs mention that the entrance test scores will be considered for admission in medical and paramedical courses after the Supreme Court ordered that the states may get exemption from NEET for this year and they can use scores of the local test conducted by the state.