ADMISSIONS TO MCA ON ALL INDIA
BASIS TO BE THROUGH COMMON ENTRANCE TEST
FIRST
AIMCET ON JUNE 6, 2004
Admission on all
India basis to the Master of Computer Applications programme (MCA)
in all institutions in the country will be made through a common
entrance test from the academic year 2004-2005. The first Common
Entrance Test for MCA (AIMCET) will be held on June 6, 2004 in
98 cities throughout the country.
This decision was
taken at the meeting of the National Advisory Board* for conduct
AIMCET held under the chairmanship of Shri S.K. Tripathi, Secretary,
Secondary & Higher Education earlier this week.
The Board has decided
that for the first year 2004-05 AIMCET will be conducted by IIT
Roorkee. IIT Roorkee is the only IIT having an MCA programme.
IIT Roorkee has the experience of conducting such tests in the
past.
AIMCET is for those
institutions that are presently holding their own entrance tests
and admitting all their students or certain percentage of them
on all India basis. All states will continue to hold their own
common entrance tests for admission to MCA programmes in institutions
within their states as before. However, these tests will be restricted
to students from within the state only. Students admitted on All
India basis in the state level institutions will be admitted only
on the basis of AIMCET. Further, many states that may not like
to conduct their own tests could use the merit determined by the
All India Test.
AICTE has already
issued guidelines for admission to MCA programmes on the lines
above. All AICTE approved MCA programmes are required to admit
students on the basis of AIMCET only. UGC has also written to
universities asking them to ensure that admission in MCA programmes
is only through AIMCET.
The Common Entrance
Test is being held in pursuance to judgement of Hon’ble Supreme
Court on the issue.
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*National Advisory
Board
The National Advisory
Board for AIMCET has been constituted for overall coordination
and in order to conduct AIMCET with involvement of all stakeholders
and undertake allocation of seats in different participating institutions.
This Board comprises the following:
- Secretary, Department of Secondary
and Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India -
Chairman
- Chairman, UGC
- Chairman, AICTE
- Secretary-General, AIU
- Director, IIT Roorkee
- Vice Chancellor of a Central University
- Vice Chancellor / Director of
a Deemed University
- Joint Secretary, Technical Education,
Ministry of HRD
- Principal Secretary / Secretary,
Technical Education of 2 states
- Director, Technical Education,
Ministry of HRD - Secretary
