Varsity to hold entrance test for 42 courses

Varsity to hold entrance test for 42 courses
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 17
To make the admission process more transparent, the University of Jammu will conduct entrance tests for admission to various postgraduate courses on the campus as well as in its affiliated colleges this year.

So far the university has received a total of 26,000 applications for 42 postgraduate courses from students for more than one course. According to university officials, around 11,000 students will appear in the entrance examinations commencing from May 26, which will last till June 7. The results will be declared in a week.

Prof GM Bhat, controller of examinations, said, “We have established nine centres at Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, Leh, Kathua, Srinagar, Poonch, Rajouri and Bhaderwah districts for the smooth conduct of the examinations. A team of the university staff will be deputed as observers at each centre to keep a vigil there”.

He said the admission process had been made transparent and the university would have no role in the evaluation of answer sheets.

“The evaluation will be done through the OMRC. Even we have not set the question papers,” Prof Bhat added.

For the general category, a candidate is required to obtain a minimum of 21 marks out of 70 in each subject or programme. The reserved category candidates, including the SC/ST, residents of Leh and Kargil districts and others, are required to obtain 17 marks out of 70 to qualify the examination.

The result will be the total of the score in the 70 marks test and the 30 marks review of the graduation results. The admission forms of candidates scoring below the qualifying marks will not be considered.