IIM CAT 2020: This year, 2.30 lakh applicants implemented for CAT, the parent become lowest due to the fact 2015 while 2.18 lakh applicants had implemented for the B-college front
The quantity of applicants making use of for the Common Admission Test (CAT 2020) has witnessed a slide — 2.30 lakh in 2020 as towards 2.forty four lakh final year, consistent with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore, the examination undertaking institute. The quantity of candidates is the bottom due to the fact 2016.
Even because the drop in registration has come at a time while the financial system is on a downward spiral and unemployment numbers are growing, IIM-Indore director Himanshu Rai told indianexpress.com that it has little to do with COVID-19. “The parent of CAT registration has commonly been withinside the variety of 2.3-2.four lakh withinside the beyond years,” he stated.
Other IIMs administrators additionally termed the drop withinside the registration figures as “marginal”. IIM-Sambalpur director Mahadeo Jaiswal stated, “The drop is most effective through 14,000. The versions took place in different years as well. The examination might be carried out like some other front take a look at retaining the COVID-19 protocol.”
According to former CAT convener Sumanta Basu, however, the protection worries because of COVID-19 will be a motive in the back of the drop in registration. “(This is) likely due to the uncertainty related to the examination and the protection of acting withinside the examination. Even the engineering front exam has good sized absentees this time,” Sumanta stated.
Some IIM aspirants do not forget the process state of affairs due to COVID-19 because the motive for now no longer making use of for the B-college front. Anirban Sen, a Calcutta University graduate, were making ready for the CAT for the beyond years, however, process losses and retrenchments have made him extrade his plan. “What’s the factor of doing MBA spending round Rs 25 lakh, if I do now no longer get a process. Due to the latest retrenchment and uneasiness withinside the personal sector, I even have determined to attention on authorities jobs, specially banking exams,” stated Sen.
According to senior local head and CAT tutor, TIME Delhi, Amit Poddar, aspirants are sceptical of paying hefty prices of pinnacle B-faculties at a time in which there's no process guarantee. “The college students who're paying round Rs 20 to twenty-five lakh for his or her MBA programme need a well-salaried process, however the gift state of affairs is unstable.”
He added: “Also, the MBA programme can provide immersive getting to know revel in consists of interactive and peer getting to know, which allows college students of their company roles, however so as to be overlooked in on-line getting to know so that it will preserve now until COVID-19 unrest receives over.”
Until 2012, IIM-Ahmedabad presented MBA direction for round Rs sixteen lakh. The direction price of the equal programme is now round Rs 23 lakh, IIM-Calcutta’s is Rs 22.50 lakh and, at IIM-Bangalore it's far Rs 23.20 lakh.
The final date for CAT registration become to start with September sixteen, however become later prolonged to September 23. CAT is scheduled to be hung on November 29 now. This year, there has been a extrade withinside the examination sample thinking about the COVID-19 state of affairs. The length of CAT examination has been decreased from 3 to 2 hours. As according to the sectional time length of CAT, it's been decreased to forty mins from 60 mins with every section – verbal cappotential and studying comprehension, statistics interpretation and logical reasoning, and quantitative cappotential – getting forty mins every.
