New Delhi, August 06: Students appearing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) this year need not worry much as the examination pattern is unlikely to change even though the mode will shift from paper to a computer-based one.
The candidates will be divided into 20 batches with two batches sitting for the test everyday over a period of 10 days.
Prometric, the firm entrusted with the task of conducting this year’s test, has said that CAT will be held in 20 possible sittings across 23 cities.
However, irrespective of the delivery mechanism, the pattern of the exam for admission to MBAs in the prestigious IIMs will remain more or less the same.
“It is only that instead of a pencil and paper, the students appearing for the exam will be given computers to mark the correct answers. There will be no major change in the pattern of exam,” Ramesh Nava, Vice-President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan and Africa of Prometric India, told.
While the infrastructure needed to undertake this task will be determined only after the actual number of aspirants is known, the mammoth task might require about 15,000 computers.
–Agencies