8,600 clear first-ever entrance test of Jammu varsity

8,600 clear first-ever entrance test of Jammu varsity
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Jammu, June 22
With the declaration of the results of the first-ever Jammu University Entrance Test (JUET), the admission process to various courses of the University of Jammu began today.The university had conducted the entrance test for all 42 courses from May 26 to June 7, in which 11,000 candidates had appeared. The test was conducted for the first time to streamline the admission system and make it transparent.

Buoyed over the success of the entrance test, Assistant Registrar (Academics), University of Jammu, KPS Sambyal said, “Though we had promised to declare the results within 10 days, these were declared online successfully after 14 days today. We have not even received a single objection as yet.”

He said 22,000 applications were received for different courses and nearly 11,000 candidates took the entrance exam (some students had applied for two or more courses), while 8,600 of them cleared the test. For the general category candidates, the minimum pass marks were 21 and for the candidates belonging to the SC/ST category or Leh district the pass marks were 17.

After declaring the results, the university authorities also announced the admission schedule for the academic session 2011-12.

“The classes will start from July 18 and the candidates have been told to submit their admission forms in the respective departments along with the detailed mark sheets of graduation and the marks secured in the entrance test till July 6 without late fee and till July 9 with late fee of Rs 60,” said Sambyal. He added that the admission forms were available on the university website, www.jammuuniversity.in.

He added that, “No fees is being charged for the admission forms, as the authorities have already collected its charges during the entrance test. The norms of the University Grants Commission (UGC) will be followed in giving admissions on merit.”

Now, every department would make its own merit list on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the entrance test and graduation. “For deciding the final merit of a candidate, a 70-marks weightage will be given to the entrance test results and 30-marks weightage to results in the graduation,” added Sambyal.

In case of any problem regarding the test results, students can file objections with the Assistant Registrar (Academics).

Courtesy: The Tribune