Odisha govt makes three changes in this year’s PG entry process

BHUBANESWAR: The higher education department will bring in three new changes in the process of admission to post graduate (PG) courses this year. The admission process is likely to be conducted in August and September.
Last year, for the first time PG admissions in all state public universities under the higher education department was conducted through the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET).
Students had to physically visit their respective colleges and universities to obtain College leaving certificates (CLCs) or university leaving certificate (ULCs) manually for PG admission. But this year, it will be auto generated in the student academic management system (SAMS) portal, official sources said.
In 2020, there was no cut-off mark system for the reference of students before taking admission in any university. But this time, the department will publish cut-off marks in the SAMS portal, which is used for admission purposes. Students can go through the cut-off marks and choose their institution after tallying their entrance score and undergraduate (UG) marks, an official source said. The third change is about admission fee. This year, students will pay their admission fees online unlike last year. “We have planned to have a minimum admission fee that will be decided,” said the official.
The department sources said the CPET is likely to be conducted in August or September. “We are closely reviewing the situation before conducting the entrance examination. The PG admission process will be conducted after UG final examinations are over in July or August. We have discussed with university authorities on Monday regarding prospectus of CPET, preparation of question papers for the test and other problems related to the entrance examination,” said an official of the higher education department .
Last year, the merit list had been released for 52,780 candidates in the CPET-2020. The examination was conducted between October 12 and October 22, 2020, at 28 examination centres. The department is likely to increase the number of examination centres this year.
The department on Monday informed that the final semester/year examinations of UG and PG courses will be conducted by July-August via online mode.
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