vIndianz.com ( 15 Dec, 2009) — Furious over thousands of students failing to appear in the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT), the government has convened a meeting of IIM directors on Wednesday even as the IIM faculty has demanded scrapping of the entrance test which was blemished by technical glitches.
The faculty associations of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Kolkata have passed separate resolutions, looking for scrapping of the test. A few thousand students could not write the test due to virus attack and other technical problems.
Discontented over the manner the CAT was conducted, the Human Resource Development Ministry has convened a meeting of IIM directors on Wednesday to communicate its concerns.
Higher Education Secretary Vibha Puri Das will preside over the meeting of IIM directors to talk about the issue in detail, a Human Resource Development Ministry official said.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has previously expressed displeasure over students facing difficulty during the computerized test which was blemished by glitches from its commencement. The issue was raised in Parliament when BJP members criticized the government for the disaster.
The test, which was supposed to be taken by 2.41 lakh students, was conducted by an American firm Prometric in a spread out manner over 11 days. However, all candidates failed to appear in the test due to the “virus attack”.
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