About 75,000 candidates are expected to apply for the Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET) 2015 to be held all over Andhra Pradesh on May 16, Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University and Chairman of ICET 2015 G.S.N. Raju announced at a press conference here on Wednesday.
The notification for the test, for admission into the MCA and MBA programmes in colleges in AP, was also issued. Submission of online application forms and registration for the test will commence on March 14. Registration fee is Rs. 250 and it has also to be paid online. The last date for the same is April 13 without a late fee; April 20 with a late fee of Rs. 500 and April 27, May 5 and May 11 with late fee of Rs. 2000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively.
Those who apply by paying a penalty of Rs.10,000 have to appear for the examination in Visakhapatnam. Prof. Raju said that time would be allowed, from April 21 to 26 to make corrections in the online application form. The hall tickets could be downloaded from April 30. After the test is held on May 16, the preliminary key would be released on May 20 and objections would be received till May 23. The final key along with ranks of candidates will be released on May 28.
Rector E.A. Narayana, Registrar V. Uma Maheswara Rao, Principal of AU College of Engineering (Autonomous) and Convener of ICET 2015 Ch.V. Ramachandra Murthy, Principal of AU College of Arts and Commerce R. Satyaraju were also present.
ICET 2015 will be conducted through 16 Regional Centres while how many test centers are required is not finalised yet. The test will be held from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on May 16 and 200 multiple choice questions in three sections - Analytical ability (data sufficiency and problem solving); Mathematical ability (arithmetic, algebraic, geometric and statistical) and communication ability (vocabulary, computer technology and functional grammar).
