CAT 2009 - DAY THREE
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CAT chaos: Govt steps in, seeks report from IIM
Published on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 17:28, Updated on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 23:35 in India section
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New Delhi: After three days of confusion over the Common Admission Test (CAT) for institutes of management and business schools, the Government on Monday sought a status report on the failure of online CAT exams.
The Human Resource Development Ministry asked for a report from the Convener of CAT on the disruption of the computer-based entrance exam.
A Professor from IIM Kolkata, who is in charge of the online exam, has been asked to submit a report at the earliest.
On day three of the exam, the morning slots at IMS Ghaziabad and Bangalore were cancelled on Monday without any notice from the authorities.
Meanwhile, the IIMs and Prometric are trying to resolve the issue. Prometric, the American company that has designed the computer-based examination, blamed a virus attack on the technical glitches.
CAT, which went online for the first time this year, ran into trouble for the third consecutive day when a computer crash stalled the exam at centres in three cities.
The CAT exam, which determines admission to the country's prestigious IIM and other business schools, went online for the first time on Saturday, but several students had a harrowing time when computers crashed in around 40 centres across the country on the first and second day.
Technical glitches and poor management has led to the exam being rescheduled for students of the centres across the country, creating a lot of confusion among the MBA aspirants.
The exam's staggered computer-based format has a 10-day schedule and will conclude on December 7.
Around 240,000 students have registered for the CAT this year, which is scheduled at 105 centres in 32 cities, all linked to a main server.
(With inputs from agencies)
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