The Karnataka Private Post Graduate Colleges Association (KPPGCA) has decided to conduct the Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) on August 3, 2014 to fill MBA and MCA management seats.
Although it was decided that the Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) would be the only entrance exam to determine admissions for both MBA and MCA courses (for both government and management quota seats) in the State, the KPPGCA has decided to go ahead with KMAT anticipating a large number of vacant seats.
M. Prakash, secretary, KPPGCA, said there were around 30,000 MBA seats but only 10,090 MBA aspirants had appeared for the PGCET. Similarly, he said that only 4,444 MCA aspirants had written the PGCET while the number of seats available in the State were over 17,000. “There are several colleges that offer management courses. If we consider only PGCET ranks, we will not be able to fill a large number of seats,” he said, and added that the decision to conduct KMAT was taken after a meeting with representatives from over 80 colleges.
Mr. Prakash said that non-Karnataka students as well as candidates from Karnataka who could not write PGCET could apply for KMAT. The last date to apply is July 24. KMAT would consist of objective-type questions and the candidates would be judged on language comprehension and mathematical skills, which would be the common papers for both MBA and MCA aspirants. While MBA aspirants would also have to write a basic aptitude paper, MCA aspirants would have a logical reasoning test, according to Mr. Prakash.
