MH-CET candidates rise, performance drops
Kedar Vaidya studied for a month for his HSC exam and scored 95%. So when he discovered his engineering entrance score was a mere 149 out of 200 after two years of preparation, he was shocked. A score of at least 170 plus is required to make it to a known engineering college. Results for the entrance test to engineering and medical colleges (MH-CET) were declared on Tuesday and students seemed dissatisfied. “I could not believe my score. I barely studied for my Class 12 but did so well. I don’t understand what happened,” said Vaidya, a student of Ruia College. A look at the results of the past few years shows a decline in the performance of students in both engineering and medical examinations although number of candidates opting for the test is increasing. In the medicine entrance test (physics, chemistry and biology), the percentage of students qualifying for admissions has dropped by almost 50% from 24% in 2008 to 12.01% this year. The engineering entrance (physics, chemistry, math)...