Clash of exam dates force students to make hard choices
Kanpur: Beside the UPPSC exam, four more entrance tests were held on Sunday for which thousands of aspirants reached the city. These four entrance exams were - Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), SSC Graduate-Level Exam, National Eligibility Test (NET) and entrance test for selection as probationary officers in Punjab National Bank.
As per the data available with the district administration, 37,000 students had to appear in CTET, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
A total of 48 centres had been made for CTET in the city. The students who took the exam gave mixed reactions. A few said that the exam was tough, while others were of the view that this year, the questions asked were easy than the last year paper.
The CTET was held in two shifts - from 9.30 am to 11 am and from 12.30 pm to 2 pm. Tight security arrangements were in place for the smooth conduct of the exam.
The other important exam was National Eligibility Test (NET).
The Chhattrapati Shahuji Maharaj University (CSMU) was the centre in the city where 4,500 students had to appear in this exam, but only 2,614 students turned up. Varsity registrar Syed Waqar Hussain said that 1,755 students did not turn up for the exam. He said the NET exam was held from 9.30 am to 4 pm including a break in between.
The candidates said the NET paper was very tough.
Talking to TOI, Pooja, a NET aspirant, said, "I had to take two exams in a single day as I had applied for both SSC and UGC-NET, but due to same date and timings, I appeared for the SSC exam only."
Hundreds of students appeared in the SSC Graduate-Level Exam across the city. Over 50,000 candidates, according to the district administration, appeared in the SSC exam.
The students said SSC exam was not tough so the merit will go very high.
The candidates who took the entrance test for selection as PNB probationary officers were very cheerful.
"The exam was very easy and I am very sure of my selection," said Rahul, an aspirant.
In the UPPSC exam, 10,500 candidates were to appear, but 38% candidates did not appear, said R K Ram, ADM (finance), who was the nodal officer for the exam.
As per the data available with the district administration, 37,000 students had to appear in CTET, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
A total of 48 centres had been made for CTET in the city. The students who took the exam gave mixed reactions. A few said that the exam was tough, while others were of the view that this year, the questions asked were easy than the last year paper.
The CTET was held in two shifts - from 9.30 am to 11 am and from 12.30 pm to 2 pm. Tight security arrangements were in place for the smooth conduct of the exam.
The other important exam was National Eligibility Test (NET).
The Chhattrapati Shahuji Maharaj University (CSMU) was the centre in the city where 4,500 students had to appear in this exam, but only 2,614 students turned up. Varsity registrar Syed Waqar Hussain said that 1,755 students did not turn up for the exam. He said the NET exam was held from 9.30 am to 4 pm including a break in between.
The candidates said the NET paper was very tough.
Talking to TOI, Pooja, a NET aspirant, said, "I had to take two exams in a single day as I had applied for both SSC and UGC-NET, but due to same date and timings, I appeared for the SSC exam only."
Hundreds of students appeared in the SSC Graduate-Level Exam across the city. Over 50,000 candidates, according to the district administration, appeared in the SSC exam.
The students said SSC exam was not tough so the merit will go very high.
The candidates who took the entrance test for selection as PNB probationary officers were very cheerful.
"The exam was very easy and I am very sure of my selection," said Rahul, an aspirant.
In the UPPSC exam, 10,500 candidates were to appear, but 38% candidates did not appear, said R K Ram, ADM (finance), who was the nodal officer for the exam.
There many students who had applied for more than one exam but due to clash of date and timings, they could appear only in one exam.
"Had SSC exam and UPPSC not fallen on the same date, I would have appeared in both, but today, I had to leave the SSC exam for appearing in the UPPSC exam," said Manish, one of the aspirants.
Similar was the view of Simran Kaur, another aspirant, who said that she chose to appear in the NET and overlooked the SSC exam as both the exams were held on the same date.
TOI
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