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Links India
Since education is on the
Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution, the states play a very important role in
Education. Teaching, examination and administration is left to the state governments who,
invariably, appoint a competent authority in their respective state to admit
students to medical, dental, management, pharmacy, computer application and engineering
courses.
Some state governments assign
their technical education and medical education directorates to conduct
admission tests
while some constitute a special body to admit students.
The following is the list of
important links that could be of use to students:
Andhra Pradesh has
assigned the job to Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Hyderabad
www.jntu.ac.in which will
conduct EAMCET-10.
Karnataka state
government has constituted a Karnataka Examination Authority which
will hold the various admission tests for the state. See
http://kea.kar.nic.in for
details.
The state of Kerala
has constituted a Commission which monitors admissions to
professional colleges. For details visit
www.cee-kerala.org
Tamil Nadu has abolished
common entrance test for admission to professional courses in the
state. The admission is done on the basis of students class 12
marks. For details see
http://www.tndte.com
www.uptu.nic.in
is the official sites of the UP Technical University, Lucknow which
holds the State Entrance Examiantion for admission to technical
education courses in Uttar Pradesh. For admission to medical
colleges in the state visit
http://www.kgmcindia.edu/cpmt.htm
The new state, Uttarakhand has
established a technical university called Uttarakhand Technical
University which holds the admission to test for various courses.
See http://www.uktech.in
Those wishing to know
about Maharashtra common entrance tests should visit www.dte.org.in
or www.dmer.org
In West
Bengal admissions to engineering colleges are done by Joint Entrance
Examinations Board. For details see the Board site
http://wbjeeb.in
If you wish to go abroad for studies, you
need a visa. See visa rules and regulations at www.visaonnet.com
The
Central universities in the country have joined hands to
hold a common admission test, the schedule of which can
be had at
http://www.cucet.ac.in
Apart from the
states, the Central Board of Secondary Education holds an annual
all-India examination for admission to various engineering
institutes/colleges in the country who opt to pick students from the
admission test.
For details see
www.aieee.nic.in
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Links
abroad
The Higher Education set-up in the West is quite different from the one found in our country. Unlike India the
academic calendar in all the western countries are well defined and the admissions and
examinations are held on the scheduled dates, entertaining no diversion whatsoever. So
those aspiring to go abroad after passing out their 10+2 or graduate exam must be in touch
with the universities abroad a year before they propose to move out.
First of all decide on the country, the university and the course you wish to study. This
is because the systems in different countries have different requirements. For example, if
you are planning to go to the US, then you have to appear for the
Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT), a three-hour exam. Whereas, if you want to try a course in Australia, you will be
required to do a one-year preparatory course.
If you wish to visit the United States then
www.usjournal.com will
certainly come in handy.
EducationGuardian.co.uk's
interactive guide to universities and colleges, http://education.guardian.co.uk/ is the
most comprehensive source of information on the UK's academic sector, covering some 60,000
vital statistics on 150 universities and colleges
Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT) score is the basic requirement for admission to nearly 1,300 graduate
management programmes offered by 850 business schools in the world. It is a computer
adaptive test which includes verbal, quantitative and analytical writing questions. It is
offered at more than 300 international locations. The centres in India are Ahmedabad,
Allahabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Chennai, New Delhi and
Thiruvananthapuram. For details go to www.gmat.org
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
is an aptitude test. Like all aptitude tests, it must choose a medium in which to measure
intellectual ability. The GRE has chosen math, English, and logic. For details go to www.gre.org
Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) programme provides English proficiency testing services for international
students planning to study in the US, Canada, or other countries where English is used in
an academic environment. The TOEFL available worldwide --- and to all. Educational
Testing Service (ETS) develops the test under the direction of the TOEFL Policy Council, a
board comprised of professionals drawn from the higher education community..
For details go to http://www.ets.org/toefl/
Ashwini Kumar Naik, an Indian
studying in the US has roped in many students in various American universities who are
ready to answer your queries about their universities. Just click on
www.ashwinnaik.com/isus/
and get first-hand
feedback from Indian students in the US.
Amit Jalan
has launched
www.admissionguru.com
which offers admission services and counseling to those who wish to study in the US,
UK or Australia. The site also offers free test prep for GRE, GMAT, SAT & TOEFL and sends free student study
abroad newsletters.
www.intstudy.com
, www.studyoverseas.com and www.studyabroad.com are important reference sites
for those going abroad for studies.
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