MCom aspirants can take Common Entrance Test

Commerce graduates will not be exempted from appearing in the West Bengal Common Entrance Test (CET) to be introduced in 2013. Postgraduate students will have to take the commerce examination for gaining admission to the government colleges - affiliated to any of the state universities - offering MCom courses.

The CET committee has decided to structure the examination on the lines of GATE - the entrance test for MTech programmes in the country. "At present, we are preparing the syllabus for each subject. In all likelihood, the examination will only consist of have multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with some exceptions in the language section. A Weimer sheet will be provided to the candidates to take back home so that they know their mistakes and can compare the answers," said a university official who is also on the CET committee said.

It has, however, not yet been decided if the model answers will be uploaded on the website. "We will have to take a call," added the official.

Several state universities are, however, skeptical about the proposed examination. In Jadavpur University, a committee has already submitted its report after talking to all stakeholders. The report will be discussed by the executive council - the university's highest decision-making body. A senior JU teacher argued, "Most departments in JU do not agree with the concept of CET."