It is that time of the year again when thousands of students across the country appear for a slew of entrance examinations conducted by various business schools in the country.

This year, the examinations begin on November 11 and end on January 6. Unfortunately, Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) and ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test (IBSAT) are scheduled on the same day (December 16).

Speaking to The Hindu, Ajay Arora, Director, Triumphant Institute of Management Education, Bangalore centre, said that the clash in the dates of a few management aptitude tests is not uncommon. “I do not know what the fuss is all about. Every year, something similar happens,” he said.

Last year, the entrance exam for Faculty of Management Studies and Narsee Monjee Aptitude Test were held on the same day. “One cannot blame the institutions for the clash in dates. The best time to conduct the entrance tests is between November and January, as the students will not be over-burdened with mid-term examinations,” Mr. Arora said.

The admission cycle is such that for a programme to commence in June, the entrance test must be conducted between November and January, so that the results may be announced in April. Mr. Arora said that around 20,000 students of the country appear for the IBSAT and 18,000 to 20,000 appear for SNAP. “The question is how many of those students will appear for both the entrance tests. That group is not very big. The number of students ‘affected’ is minimal,” he said.

As a result of the Aligarh Muslim University, he is Jamia Millia Islamia, locked horns with the University Grant Commission.

The implementation of his “special status”, Jamia the Academic Council, compliance, two weeks ago, decided against the UGC implementation of a directive on the common examinations of admission to professional courses in collaboration with other universities.

Jamia decided on their own entrance examination and review dates. B. Examinations of technology and research MBA from the first week of May.

AMU, their own examinations of MCA and MBA, 10 fields of study And on March 12. Central, among others, universities, Delhi University held its consideration of the Faculty of Economics, Business, Sunday.

Jamia SM Sajjid’s spokesman said: “The university has estimated that UGC bulletin of the common examination compulsory for us, was an impingement on our autonomy. Jamia was developed by an Act of Parliament, which we hands free in formulating our own policy of the authorization and implementation of our own tests. ”

Sajjid, said the Academic Council, the decision was taken, if the UGC.

The UGC is still trying to convince these institutions, in accordance to fall. “We have said categorically that the entry to professional courses by a common test. You must by this decision” UGC secretary Ved Prakash said.

Prakash did not comment on what actions the UGC, if universities like Jamia AMU and go with their own checks.

Resistance against the UGC directive, including universities, media, who said that this mission, which takes its former autonomous status. There are 18 universities media in the country.

Prakash said the UGC was only the Supreme Court of the Directive, for a joint review for all professional courses in universities and institutions.

Nafees AMU Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ahmed said it had begun the process for approving technical training well before university, the UGC order.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a two-year bachelor degree programme in education (B. Ed) for in-service teachers. Approved by the National Council of Teacher Education and accepted by all State governments for the purpose of employment, the course aims at developing the understanding and competencies required by teachers for effective teaching-learning process at the secondary stage.

In addition, the course develops a thorough understanding of areas such as educational evaluation, school management etc. According to M. Shanmugam, Deputy Director, IGNOU Sub-Regional Centre, Madurai, there is a good demand every year for the university’s B. Ed. programme that is designed with learner-specific modules.

Eligibility/admission

Graduates working as teachers in recognised schools having a minimum experience of two years are eligible to apply. The selection is made on the basis of the candidate’s score obtained in the entrance examination. Academic session for this programme is from January to December. The entrance test will be held in August. For the forthcoming session, the admission forms are being issued now and the last date for submission is June 30. Prospectus-cum-admission form, along with the previous year’s entrance examination question papers, is available on payment of Rs.500 at all study centres of IGNOU.

It may be the season of festivals College in the capital of the university, but also for those of hope, in one of the top B-schools in the country, it could well be the month of the test. With the coming weeks, and with them a large number of examinations and the next stage of the CAT race, the competition has just hot. With almost all on Sundays is filled with some consideration or another, the students clearly have their hands full of things to do.

Management Aptitude Test (MAT), under the direction of the AIMA, December 5 and five sections, each with 40 questions. Although more than a hundred carpet, institutes rating for admission, only a few of them are part of the Top 50 of the League Institute. Entry to the Institute for Rural Management Anand (IRMA) is also the same day.

In collaboration for the first time the implementation of an entrance test is primarily a symbiosis between institutions admitting students on the basis of their performances in symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) will place on December 12. The SIBM, regarded as one of the leading institutes under the banners of symbiosis, which is not the Xavier’s Admission Test (XAT) for approval.

The entry test for institutions like XLRI, SIBM, XIM Bhubaneswar and BIM Trichy, XAT examination, followed by a grid very defined into three parts with 80 questions verbal comprehension and reading, 60 quantitative questions and reasoning Aptitude and 60 general conditions of awareness.

Then there is joint management of entry test for IITS and IISc Bangalore, who is also on December 12. Composed of four sections, the test should be two hours. Admission within JMET Calculus, it is somewhat different from CAT.

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade own entrance examination in the two-year MBA studies International Business may be offered. This year, the test is January 2. Admittedly, there is no fixed model for this review, the marks are awarded for a total of 100

Coming would it test entrance of the Faculty of Economics, Business, which is his entrance examination in its MBA program on January 16.