A major demand by a section of anxious II Pre-University (PU) students and their parents has been granted by the government i.e., the postponement of the Common Entrance Test (CET) result announcement until the issues surrounding the II PU exam results are resolved. But the postponement of the results by at least eight days is likely to have a ripple effect on the entire counselling schedule.
The counselling procedure is tightly scheduled by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). According to the original timetable of the CET counselling, document verification for students belonging to the special category would have begun on May 30 and continued till June 1. The next day onwards, the remaining category of students could have had their documents verified. Following this, the KEA would announce the seat matrix and open the online option entry process.
Document verification
Now, with the CET results likely to be announced only after June 1, KEA officials are wondering where to fit in the lengthy document verification schedule. Assuming that the results are announced on June 1 or 2, officials said the verification process for the special category candidates may have to be pushed to the end of the overall verification calendar.
They, however, said document verification was the only process that would be affected by the postponement.
“The first round of counselling will go on as scheduled as we have to adhere to the Supreme Court’s directive to complete engineering admissions by July 31,” a KEA official said.
The official also added that only engineering ranks could have been altered (as 50 per cent marks are considered for the ranking from the PU results). But this too could have been managed using the software that is utilised when the CBSE and ISC results are announced after the CET results, he said.
At best, those who really benefit from the re-evaluation and emerge as one of the toppers could lose out on better seats if they miss selecting them in the first round of counselling, officials said.
