Bengaluru, along with 21 other cities in the country, has been selected to host the first-ever online All Indian Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) which will be held for 24 days between May 7 and 24, 2012. According to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials, students from the city will not be given the option of an offline examination i.e. paper/pen test. In Hubli and Mangalore, however, CBSE will hold an offline test only.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, a senior officer of the CBSE said that the Board would soon start negotiations with major educational institutes in the city over hosting the exam. “Over the last two years the CAT online exam has been conducted successfully in the city. The Board is also planning to hold exams in a couple of colleges. Compared to the CAT, a greater number of students appear for the AIEEE in the city, every year,” he said.
“One of the reasons we selected Bengaluru to host the online exam is students in this region are more tech-savvy and familiar with online exam modules,” he said. To encourage more students to take up the online examination, CBSE has decided to charge them half the examination fee. “For other students the exam fee will be Rs 300, while for those students who appear for online exams it will be Rs 150,” he added. According to the proposal, CBSE will upload a mock-test software on its website in December to be used as practice by candidates. CBSE also decided not to accept offline applications from this year onward. Exam fees can be paid through debit or credit card.
Reff: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/city-selected-online-aieee-293
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