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  • Adequate steps to provide hassle-free CAT 2010 – Prometric!

    Adequate steps to provide hassle-free CAT 2010 – Prometric!

    Kolkata: Global testing and assessment service provider Prometric, which was responsible for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 – the entrance examination for Indian Institutes of Management and other leading management institutions – Tuesday assured a hassle-free test this year.

    CAT 2009 became a disaster after technical glitches and server crashes at several centres across the country.

    Prometric said it will upgrade the physical and technical infrastructure of all test centres.

    The internal inquiry has revealed that the problem during the last year CAT examination was due to unlicensed software and non-updated antivirus at some test centres, Prometric managing director Soumitro Roy said here at a press meet.

    The company has decided to purchase original software licenses and give it to all the test centres. The company is also figuring out hardware of the computers. All external interfaces would be cut during that period, Roy said.

    There would be a separately trained team to check and re-check the software and hardware capabilities, said an official.

    Roy also said stress is given on security and security checks like thumb impressions and images of candidates would be used while appearing for examination in order to check proxy candidates. IANS

  • State to submit fee payment plan to HC!

    State to submit fee payment plan to HC !

    LEGISLATION TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN STUDENTS The government has decided to clear all the arrears to college managements before October 10. The arrears are likely to be around `250 crore.”

    P. Subash Chandrabose Social welfare minister

    The state government will submit to the AP High Court a schedule for reimbursement of tuition fees to private professional colleges.

    Briefing mediapersons about the government?s decision, the social welfare minister, Mr P. Subash Chandrabose, said the government has also decided to clear all the arrears to the college managements before October 10. The arrears are likely to be around `250 crore, he added.

    The government is filing the schedule on the instructions of the Supreme Court.

    It may be recalled that the High Court had given an interim order directing the
    state government to reimburse the tuition fees at the time of admissions. The state government then approached the Supreme Court, which directed the government to make payments to the private college managements in a specified time period. The advocate-general and the officials concerned will hold consultations on the schedule and the former has also been asked to take steps to expedite the hearing in the main appeal pending before the High Court.

    The minister also said the government would soon bring legislation providing legal sanctity and statute to the fee reimbursement scheme. The main objective of the legislation is to instill confidence among students that the Congress government is committed to helping the poor pursue professional courses.

    The backward class welfare minister, Mr M.

    Mukesh Goud, the tribal welfare minister, Mr P.

    Balaraju and the health minister, Mr D. Nagender, were also present.

    Source: DC

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