Even as the shrill gets louder over the demand for cancellation of entrance exams altogether in Telangana, the Central government’s decision to just postpone and not cancel JEE and NEET indicate that Common Entrance Tests (CETs) are here to stay and will be held later, if not sooner. The intense competition for seats in good colleges will continue and cancelling entrance exams will stir a hornet’s nest. In fact, thousands of students score same marks in Intermediate and separating them with different ranks will always raise questions. “There would be too many claims for good seats and allotment process would leave a big headache for us”, officials say. CETs are the safe and effective way of handling this crisis as the legal issues can be avoided easily, an official said.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2020 17:21 UTC