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Hindustan Times
06-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Agriculture UG admission schedule announced, apply by July 17
The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra has initiated the admission process for undergraduate agriculture degree courses, with applications now open for students in the PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) group of the MHT-CET 2024. The application window opened on July 4 and will remain open until July 17, officials confirmed. This year, a total of 17,776 seats are available across nine agriculture and allied programs offered by various universities and colleges in the state. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC) As per the official schedule, the provisional merit list will be declared on July 21, while the final list and CAP Round 1 allotment will be released on July 30. This year, a total of 17,776 seats are available across nine agriculture and allied programs offered by various universities and colleges in the state. These include Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, (Fisheries Science), Food Technology, Biotechnology, Agricultural Engineering, Community Science, Agri-Business Management admissions to these courses are being conducted based on the PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) group of the MHT-CET exam, whose results were declared on June 16. Students can submit their online applications and upload required documents by July 17. The provisional merit list will be published on July 21 (after 5:30 PM), followed by the grievance submission window from July 22 to 24. A list of resolved grievances will be released on July 25 (after 5:30 PM), and the vacant seat for CAP Round 1 will be displayed on July 26. Students can fill in their course preferences on July 27 and 28, and the first-round allotment will be declared on July 30 (after 5:30 PM). Those allotted seats in the first round must confirm their admission at the allotted colleges between July 31 and August 2. Speaking on the schedule, CET Cell Commissioner Dilip Sardesai stated, 'All necessary procedures are in place, and student registration for CAP rounds is now officially underway.' Eligible candidates can apply through the official portal After submitting their applications, students are required to complete document verification at designated facilitation centres. Mangesh Nikam, the examination coordinator, said, 'A total of 4,531 candidates have registered for undergraduate agriculture admissions through the MHT-CET (PCB group). Of these, 2,850 candidates have not yet completed their application, while 1,681 have filled out the forms completely. However, only 81 candidates have paid the application fee so far.'
News18
16-05-2025
- General
- News18
MHT CET 2025 PCM, PCB Answer Key Expected Soon At cetcell.mahacet.org, Steps To Check
Last Updated: MHT CET Answer Key 2025: Based on the provisional answer key, the MHT CET 2025 PCM and PCB final answer key and results will be released likely by June first week. The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra is expected to release the MHT CET answer key for 2025 soon. Candidates can download it from the official website, once it is released. Based on the provisional answer key, the MHT CET 2025 PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) and PCB (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) final answer key and results will be released likely by the first week of June. MHT CET Answer Key 2025: Steps To Download Step 1 – Visit the official website of MHT CET, Step 2 – Click on the provisional answer key link. Step 3 – The answer key will be displayed on the screen in a PDF format. Step 4 – Download and check the MHT CET answer key 2025 for the PCM and PCB papers. Step 5 – Take a print out for future reference. Candidates will be allowed to raise objection to the answer key, if they find any. They can do so by submitting their objections through the official website and paying a fee of Rs 1000 per objection. This needs to done within the specified by the CET Cell. The exact dates will be published along with the answer key. Supporting documents must also be provided with the objections. In addition to the PDF version of the MHT CET 2025 answer key, the response sheet and question paper PDFs will also be available for download, allowing candidates to verify their answers and estimate their scores. The authorities will review the objections, and the final answer key PDF will be released accordingly. The MAH- MHT CET for the PCB group was conducted between April 9 and 17 and the PCM group exams from April 19 to 27. However, the PCM exam was held once again on May 5 for 24,744 examinees due to several errors in the Mathematics subject. CET Cell Commissioner Dilip Sardesai had admitted the errors in the question paper and said that this occurred due to a technical glitch during translation from Marathi to English language. Apart from errors in translation, the options of the questions were jumbled up, which led to no correct answer in the given four options for the questions. First Published: May 16, 2025, 18:23 IST
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
CET cell admits to lapses in Maths exam
Mumbai: The state Common Entrance Test (CET) cell has admitted to a major lapse in the MHT CET exam after students complained that 21 out of 50 questions for Mathematics in the exam held on April 27 were erroneous. The errors occurred as the questions were translated from Marathi to English and the answer options got jumbled in the process, CET cell commissioner Dilip Sardesai told Hindustan Times. A re-exam will be held on May 5 for all 24,744 students who opted to write the exam in English to ensure fairness. 'We found a technical error during translation,' said Sardesai. 'The original paper was in Marathi and while translating it to English, the answer options for 21 questions got mixed up. This caused confusion for students and should not have happened.' A detailed inquiry is underway to determine how the error occurred and who was responsible, Sardesai mentioned. 'Strict action will be taken, and we will not engage the services of those involved in future,' he said. The MHT CET exam is held every year, for admissions to engineering, agriculture, and pharmacy courses across Maharashtra. The exam is held for two streams, PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) and PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), and students are given the option to write exams in English, Marathi or Urdu. Accordingly, the PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) exam was held on April 27, the last day of the exam schedule, in three languages. The question paper was originally set in Marathi and later translated into English and Urdu, said sources in the CET cell. Though the Marathi and Urdu versions had no glitches, the answer keys to 21 out of 50 questions for Mathematics in the English version were erroneous. A total of 24,744 students had opted to write the exam in English and a full re-exam covering all 150 questions (across Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) will be conducted for these students, the CET cell confirmed. The students will receive fresh admit cards and details about exam centres via SMS and email. As for the 2,875 and 218 students who wrote the exam in Marathi and Urdu, respectively, no decision has been made yet regarding a re-exam. The lapse has raised questions about quality checks in paper translation, and the CET cell has promised to enforce corrective measures to avoid such lapses in future.
Indian Express
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
21 errors flagged in MHT-CET question paper; Maharashtra to hold retest
The state government has decided to hold a re-examination for students who appeared for the second session of the Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET), which had 21 erroneous questions, held on April 27. The test that decides the admissions to various undergraduate engineering, agriculture, and pharmacy courses is likely to be held again between May 6 and 11, the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell said on Wednesday. Several students from across the state who attended the PCM (Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics) paper on Sunday complained of errors in questions. Candidates pointed out that more than 20 questions in the Mathematics section did not have a correct answer from the given four options. Admitting errors in the question paper, Maharashtra CET Cell Commissioner Dilip Sardesai said that errors were found in 21 questions out of the total 50 questions in the Mathematics section of the English version of the question paper. 'The glitch is due to errors in the translation of questions from Marathi to English. Apart from errors in translation, the options of the questions were jumbled up, which led to no correct answer in the given four options for these questions. Taking cognizance of this, it is decided to hold a re-exam for all the affected candidates,' Sardesai said. Among the students who appeared for this session of the MHT-CET (PCM) examination on Sunday, 27,306 students were registered for English medium, along with 3,473 and 241 students for Marathi and Urdu medium, respectively. 'After verification, it has been noted that the errors were only in the English medium paper where questions required translation. So there will be a re-exam for 24,744 students who were present that day to appear for MHT-CET (PCM) in English medium. There was no issue with questions for students who appeared in the other two mediums. Thus, we are still contemplating whether they should require a re-exam or not,' said Sardesai, adding that all affected students will be notified about the development via email and SMS. Many English-medium students who appeared for the exam on Sunday took to social media to complain about the errors. Initially, the Maharashtra CET Cell had responded that students complaining of errors will have to raise objections, a procedure followed if students want to challenge any question for the exam. Students and parents had called it unjustified as raising objections will cost Rs 1,000 per question. Parents demanded that CET Cell to review the questions and make a blanket decision for all those who are affected. 'Multiple emails were sent to the Maharashtra CET Cell by candidates and their parents following which the questions were reviewed by the CET Cell and it was decided to hold a re-examination for the affected candidates,' said Sardesai.
Hindustan Times
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Uproar after 20 questions in MHT CET papers fail to match options provided
MUMBAI: Students appearing for the Maharashtra State Technical (MHT) CET Common Entrance Test for engineering admissions have alleged that more than 20 questions did not match any of the four options provided. Following widespread complaints, the state CET Cell announced that students could raise objections during the answer key challenge window, which will open in the first week of May. The engineering entrance exams (PCM group) concluded on April 27, with participation from over 4,64,000 students across 181 centres nationwide. Earlier, the PCB group exams for agriculture and pharmacy courses were held between April 9 and 17, with 300,000 candidates registering. A student who appeared for the examination on Sunday alleged that several questions did not match the given options. He said, 'In mathematics, around 22 out of 50 questions did not match any of the four choices provided. These are not calculation errors; the options seem to be from entirely different topics.' The student said that when they approached the supervisor at the examination centre, he was also helpless. 'At first I thought my child was lying about the errors,' said the parent of another student. 'However, when I checked with other students at the centre, most of them were complaining about the same problem. I then sent an email to the CET cell, but there has been no response so far.' CET commissioner Dilip Sardesai said it was difficult to comment on the alleged errors immediately. 'Copies of the question papers and provisional answer keys will be uploaded in the next 10 days on the official website,' he told HT. 'Students will get a chance then to raise objections. A review committee will assess all the objections and release the final answer key on the website.' Parents also raised concerns about the fee required to file objections on the CET cell website. 'We have to pay ₹1,000 for each objection,' said a parent. 'If we raise 22 objections, we will have to pay ₹22,000, which is completely unfair. If these questions have errors across the same batch, it will affect students' scores. We are requesting the CET cell to take cognisance of the issue and resolve it on their own.' As per the rule changes introduced last year by the CET cell, fees paid for valid objections will now be refunded. Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal demanded action against the agency responsible for conducting the MHT-CET examinations. In his letter to CM Devendra Fadnavis, Sapkal demanded that appropriate marks be given to the students who appeared for the exams, as their complaints at the exam centre were also ignored. 'In some cases, all four given options against one question were wrong,' Sapkal noted in his letter and added, 'Since students were required to attempt all questions, they were compelled to choose incorrect options. Hence, they should be awarded marks for these erroneous questions.'
