Exam Papers : Common Admission Test

By admin on July 9th, 2009

In what should come as a huge respite for Common Admission Test candidates, the Indian Institutes of Management have hinted that the registration fee for the computer-based test this academic year will not be as high as similar tests like GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test, for admission to business schools overseas).

While the registration fee for exampapers.info/category/cat" title='Read more about CAT'>CAT 2009, which was Rs 1,300 last year, will surely increase due to the high administrative and infrastructure costs because of the computerisation, it may still be less than Rs 2,000.

exampapers.info/category/cat" title='Read more about CAT'>CAT, say IIMs, will be a candidate-friendly test in terms of flexibility in the selection of test date, ease of registration, better physical environment and test experience, and enhanced security with biometric identification of candidates and video monitoring.

Unlike the paper and pencil test, computerised exampapers.info/category/cat" title='Read more about CAT'>CAT this year will incur some heavy costs for the elite business schools, according to a source at one of the IIMs.

IIMs recently roped in US-based Prometric, a leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, through an exclusive $40 million (around Rs 1.9 billion) contract to computerise the prestigious exampapers.info/category/cat" title='Read more about CAT'>CAT. The test will be conducted in a span of about 10 days towards the end of this year.