7,000 students to take CMAT today

All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will start the first ever nine-day testing period of the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) on Monday.

About 70,000 candidates have registered for this computer-based examination that is being conducted at 69 centres in 61 cities. 

With around 7,000 candidates are appearing on Day 1, Mumbai, Pune and Jaipur have registered the highest number of candidates who wish to appear for the CMAT. SS Mantha, chairman of the AICTE said, “Our only aim is to not put undue pressure on candidates. Hence the objective of a single test for admission to management courses across the country.”

The CMAT will be conducted from February 20 to 29, 2012 with two sessions on each day. Registration for the first session will start at 8am. The first testing session will start at 9.30am which will continue for three hours. Immediately, at 12.30pm, registrations for the second session will start and the test will be conducted from 2pm to 5pm.

“We have taken care at our end to ensure zero glitches during the test. But, considering it is a technology-based system, and we are also conducting it for the first time ever, we will see how it fares on day one,” said Mantha.