More medical than engineering aspirants this year

Updated on: Monday, May 02, 2011

For years, a degree in engineering has been considered a motor for success. Medicine, for the punishing length of the course, has had to swallow the bitter pill, for most it was the second choice. This time around though, medicine has contributed more to the growth in the number of aspirants taking the state’s common entrance test.

The data from the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) shows that engineering aspirants grew by a modest 2, 000, those wanting to study medicine, climbed by 12, 000, a leaning that had shifted after long. In 2004, there were 79, 000 candidates who wanted to study medicine, since then, each year, the number of aspirants have dropped, as more students have been veering towards engineering.

In all, 3.02 lakh candidates will take the MHT-CET on May 12. The overall student pool swelled by about 9% as compared to 2010; but Mumbai did not contribute as much. Thane and Pune made up for Mumbai’s deficit. In 2009, a little over 42,000 students from Mumbai, 27, 000 from Pune and 23, 000 from Thane appeared for the CET. This year, Mumbai’s share shrunk to 36, 836. Pune and Thane have witnessed a substantial rise in students wanting to get into a professional course.

“Every district except Mumbai has an approximate increase of 10% in the number of aspirants taking the entrance test,” said a senior DMER official.

More medical than engineering aspirants this year

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