April 2nd, 2009
Maharashtra Govt. has decided to extend each paper(physics-chemistry, biology, mathematics) by 10 mins. This decision was taken after an representation which highlighted that time alloted in MHT-CET in less than that compared in common entrance tests(CET) in other state.
Also, the CET fee has been curtailed by Rs. 200/-. Thus, common category candidates now pay Rs. 700/- and reserved category candidates pay Rs. 500/-. This decision is expected to reduce the financial burden over the students(why didn’t they think about this while sanctioning 9 textbooks for biology?)
Note: This is an old news originally reported on Feb 9, 2009. We are publishing it today because we were looking for an multiple reliable sources, such as Times of India, Hindustan Times, DNA, Loksatta, etc. which duly report such amendments. We could also not find any related notification on the official site of DMER which is responsible for conducting MHT-CET. The only source we found was a vernacular Marathi newspaper “Sakal“. Please find the entry here.
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Posted by Prof. Rohan Shenoy
March 26th, 2009
DMER has revealed that 654 in the top 1000 rankers of MHT-CET 2008 (med) were repeaters. Repeaters are students who have earlier been unsuccessful in making to a making college through MHT-CET. This information was disclosed by DMER in support of its proposal to limit the no. of attempts at MHT-CET examination to 3 till 25 yrs. of age[Jan 2009].
It is surprising that the figure is so high at 65% considering that there was a major change-over in syllabus. It may also be noted that under MHT-CET’s tie-breaking rules, older candidates may be ranked higher than younger candidates with the same grand total. There are a no. of factors that work in favour of repeaters most valuable being surplus availability of time as they do not have to prepare for H.S.C. and MHT-CET tie breaking rules.
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Posted by Prof. Rohan Shenoy
March 25th, 2009
MHT-CET 2009 [Medical, Engg, Pharm] has been postponed to May 12, 2009. The official notification from DMER can be found here.
Earlier, MHT-CET 2009 was to be conducted on May 7, 2009.
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