3.3 lakh students to appear for Maharashtra-CET this year

Updated on: Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Over three lakh students will appear for the state's common entrance test (MH-CET) on May 10 at 867 centres across Maharashtra. While 55,567 candidates will sit for MHT-CET to join a health science course, 1.20 lakh students will take the test to sign up for an engineering programme against last year's 1.49 lakh.

Of the total 3.38 lakh students who will appear for MHT-CET this year, the maximum number-1.63 lakh- will attempt all the papers-physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.

"We see a large number of students taking all the papers because the competition in medicine is tough. Many know that they cannot afford a private medical college so they take the exam for both engineering and medicine," said Pravin Shingare, director of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research.

Apart from an overall 11% rise in the number of exam takers, there has been a change in the composition of students taking the CET. In 2005, the largest pool of aspirants came from Mumbai: of the 1.52 lakh students who took the test that year, 26,773 were from the area that stretches from Cuffe Parade to Bandra. This year, that has halved and stands at 13,263, thus reflecting a change in the city's population.

"We may give students copies of the question paper and their answersheets," said Shingare.

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