Around 3Lakh Candidates To Attend MHTCET 2012 Exam

Over 3.38 lakh students are expected to appear for the Maharashtra Health Sciences and Engineering Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET 2012) held on May 10. It is a single common entrance test for professional courses such as health sciences engineering and pharmacy degree courses.

The record says its 3,905 seats in 60 colleges for Health Sciences, 1,34,024 seats in 348 colleges for Engineering and 9,440 seats in 148 colleges for pharmacy courses are available for this entrance exam. A statement issued by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research and the Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai, on Tuesday said that the examination will be conducted at 867 Junior colleges in all the 35 district headquarters in the state.

The scheduled timings are 10 to 11:30 am for Physics and Chemistry, 12 to 1:30 pm for Biology and 3 to 4:30 pm for mathematics. Since May 10 is a working week day, students especially those from Mumbai have been directed to start one or two hours early from their residence to reach the exam centre.

Instructions have already been issued for police band-shot at all examination centres. Section 144 will be promulgated within 100 m of the examination centre. Around 55,553 candidates are appearing for Health science course, 1,19,906 for engineering course and 1,62,847 for both courses.

OneindiaEducation wishes the best for all candidates attending MHT-CET Entrance exam tomorrow, the May 10,2012 on Thursday.