Eamcet on May 30, OU tests from June 4

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) announced on Monday the new exam dates for various CET examinations to be held in the state. While the Eamcet will be conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU) from May 30, the PGCET will be conducted by Osmania University on June 4.

Announcing the exam dates, M Venkata Ramana Rao, the state minister for technical education, said that efforts would be made to make the examinations as error-free as possible. Announcing the schedule, Rao said that Ecet will be held on May 24 by JNTU and the Integrated Common Entrance Test on May 27 by Andhra University. The other exams include Ed-Cet, which will be conducted by Osmania University on June 13 and the PECET to be held by Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. Lawcet and PGLCET, will be conducted by the Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati on June 10.

Meanwhile, M D Christopher, secretary of the state council of higher education, said there was a proposal to make Eamcet question papers available to students. Earlier, the students had to write their answers in the same booklet that had questions. However, last year the Eamcet question paper had a few errors and the candidates had to be awarded as many as 14 marks. So this year, there is a proposal to give students answer sheets along with the question paper.

Another proposal to allow late comers to appear for the Eamcet exmas is also being considered. “No students is allowed to enter the exam hall even five minutes late, but a proposal was mooted to allow a student into the hall within 15 minutes of the beginning of the exam. But both these decisions would be taken by the Eamcet committee, which will announce them within a week,” said Christopher.