10% reservation for non-state students


Here's some good news for non-Karnataka students aspiring to study in state colleges. The state government has decided to re-introduce 10% quota for non-Karnataka students in Engineering, Medical and Dental courses from next year.


But with a difference. The students will be exempted from taking the Common Entrance. Test (CET) to be conducted by the proposed Karnataka Examination Authority (now called the CET Cell). Instead, they will be admitted on the basis of their scores in the all-India entrance exams like the All-India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) and All-India Pre-Medical/Dental Exam (AIPMT).

 

"Non-state students need not come all the way to Bangalore for the test. They just have to register with the exam authority by paying a fee and furnishing their AIEEE or AIPMT scores. The intention is to reduce the number of entrance exams," higher education principal secretary Kaushik Mukherjee said.


The CET Cell scrapped the 10% quota in 2004 as it was eating into the government quota seats.


As per the new provisions, non-state students will be eligible only for higher fee seats in both government and private institutes. "This year, non-state students were eligible for admission only through COMED-K exam. Since we will have a single CET next year, out-station students will be eligible for admission in any college," CET Cell sources said.


(TOI: 14/12/2006)