Andhra Pradesh postpones all Common Entrance Tests in view of Covid- 19 situation

The Andhra Pradesh authorities on Monday determined to place off all Common Entrance Tests (CET) for admission into numerous skilled and better training programs in view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation, “After a review of the situation, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed that the CETs be postponed and, accordingly, we have decided to hold them in the third week of September.

Fresh dates for these entrance examinations will be announced later,” Education Minister A Suresh instructed reporters.

He identified that comparable entrance examinations on the nationwide degree too had been deferred as a result of of the coronavirus pandemic.

The AP authorities, by way of the State Council of Higher Education, conducts EAMCET, ICET, PGCET, LawCET, EdCET and different entrance examinations for admission into programs like engineering, medication, agriculture, enterprise administration, regulation and likewise numerous post-graduate levels.

These CETs are usually carried out in the month of May, however as a result of of COVID-19 the schedule bought disturbed this yr.

Meanwhile, SRM University, AP additionally introduced on Monday that its Joint Engineering Entrance Exam for admission into B.

Tech programmes has been cancelled.

“In the light of challenges posed by COVID-19, and taking into account the safety concerns of students and parents, SRM Institute of Science and Technology has cancelled the SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Exam for B.Tech admissions 2020, that was planned in 127 Indian cities and five overseas centres in Dubai, Doha, Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait.

The B.Tech admissions will now be based on plus-two intermediate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology,” the University mentioned in a launch right here.