3.3 lakh students to appear for Maharashtra-CET this year

MUMBAI: Above three lakh students are all set to appear for common entrance test (MH-CET) on May 10 at 867 centres across the state.

While 55,567 candidates will sit for MHT-CET to join a health science course, 1.20 lakh students will take the test to take up for an engineering programme against last year's 1.49 lakh.

Of the total 3.38 lakh students who will appear for MHT-CET this year, the maximum number-1.63 lakh- will attempt all the papers-physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.

Apart from an overall 11% rise in the number of applicant, there has been a change in the composition of students taking the CET. In 2005, the largest pool of aspirants came from Mumbai: of the 1.52 lakh students who took the test that year, 26,773 were from the area that stretches from Cuffe Parade to Bandra. This year, that has halved and stands at 13,263, thus reflecting a change in the city's population.