GBTU to hold online MBA, MCA tests

LUCKNOW: Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU) will hold online entrance test for State Entrance Examination (SEE) 2012 for MBA and MCA programmes.

GBTU pro-vice-chancellor and SEE coordinator Prof VK Singh said computer-based test is an attempt to do away with the conventional pen and paper. "Many prominent entrance exams, especially of engineering and management, have gone online. Since the number of SEE candidates for MBA and MCA is fewer than BTech, we decided to start online entrance for these two courses,'' he said.

The application process for MBA and MCA entrance, too, has become fully online. Last year, the university had given the option of offline application process for MBA and MCA aspirants. This year, however, there is no offline process. But for engineering aspirants, both online and offline mode of application will continue. While the online process (for MBA, MCA) began on Tuesday, the manual sale of application forms for engineering started on February 20 and will be closed on March 20. Management aspirants can fill up the form till March 22. The candidates should ensure that forms reach the university latest by March 26.

The online MBA and MCA tests will be conducted on April 21 and 28. "Candidates can pick up the dates according to their convenience. The dates will be given on first come first serve basis,'' said Singh. BTech entrance will be held on April 22. To conduct SEE, Prof Singh will be assisted by deputy coordinator Manish Gaur and associate coordinator Shailendra Sinha, both from the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).

This year, GBTU has also decided to stick to its old pattern of examination. There will be 150 questions, each carrying four options. Last year, the exam was conducted by Mahamaya Technical University (MTU) and there were more than one correct answer for many questions. "Asking students to check 600 options (150 questions) within a time slot of two hours is too much. Moreover, it creates confusion in marking,'' said Prof Singh.

Another important change made this year is the withdrawal of management quota from the colleges. This has been done to put a check on the malpractices in private colleges at the time of admission. Now, there will only be 5% NRI quota in both government and private colleges, be it engineering or management,'' said officials.

According to officials, after 5% NRI quota, 20% admissions to MBA will be done through Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), and remaining through SEE. For MCA, 95% admissions will be done through SEE while 5% will be filled by NRI quota. In engineering, 20% seats will be filled through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), 5% through NRI, and remaining through SEE.

This year, there are nearly 30,000 seats in MBA, 15,000 in MCA and about 1.25 lakh in engineering.