The
graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE) score's validity, which was for two
years only till now, has been extended to three years henceforth. Earlier, the
two-year validity rule was serving as an obstacle for students, who wanted to do
their MTech after joining jobs and gaining appropriate working experience.
A
senior official of the GATE admission committee said that a student who wanted
to work for two years to repay a loan taken before admission to Btech couldn't
do so till now as his GATE score would have lapsed. But the change in rule will
give flexibility.
Also
all the applications for admission will have to be made online on GATE online
application processing system (GOAPS) website and the requirement to submit the
hard copies to the concerned authorities which existed earlier is no more in the
picture as reported by a daily. Also the scoring formulas have also undergone
minor changes with examinations for all 21 papers to be conducted through the
online computer based test (CBT).
Amartya
Singh, course director (GATE), TIME group said that increasing the validity
period of scores will provide a wider window for application to Mtech courses.
This change would provide flexibility to students now. Now instead of
February-March, the GATE exam will now be conducted in January-February. Also,
the students would now be provided with an online calculator during the exam and
no personal calculators would be allowed.
The
graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE) score's validity, which was for two
years only till now, has been extended to three years henceforth. Earlier, the
two-year validity rule was serving as an obstacle for students, who wanted to do
their MTech after joining jobs and gaining appropriate working experience.
A
senior official of the GATE admission committee said that a student who wanted
to work for two years to repay a loan taken before admission to Btech couldn't
do so till now as his GATE score would have lapsed. But the change in rule will
give flexibility.
Also
all the applications for admission will have to be made online on GATE online
application processing system (GOAPS) website and the requirement to submit the
hard copies to the concerned authorities which existed earlier is no more in the
picture as reported by a daily. Also the scoring formulas have also undergone
minor changes with examinations for all 21 papers to be conducted through the
online computer based test (CBT).
Amartya
Singh, course director (GATE), TIME group said that increasing the validity
period of scores will provide a wider window for application to Mtech courses.
This change would provide flexibility to students now. Now instead of
February-March, the GATE exam will now be conducted in January-February. Also,
the students would now be provided with an online calculator during the exam and
no personal calculators would be allowed.
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