The week gone by has seen a flurry of advertisements by private coaching institutes, who are flaunting their experience in conducting classes for the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT). It is likely that from next year the AIPMT may be the only exam to get admissions to top Indian medical colleges on merit basis.
However, there's no knowing whether this decision will be implemented next year. The confusion has made this year a profitable one for private coaching institutes, which are charging for AIPMT as well as MHT-CET exams.
So, the coaching classes are getting paid twice by the same students trying for admissions to medical colleges next year. Students in the city are taking tuitions for both MHT-CET and AIPMT as they do not know which one will be valid in 2012.
Considering that AIPMT syllabus is 70% different from MHT-CET, there is no easy way out for students. The AIPMT is based on the CBSE pattern and is considered difficult to crack. The MHT-CET (for admissions to Maharashtra aided colleges) is based on the HSC pattern and considered easy, as compared to AIPMT. This is the reason many students in Maharashtra opt for MHT-CET.
But now, standard XI students, who will appear for an entrance exam in 2012 are in a dilemma. Should they study for AIPMT or MHT-CET?
Coaching institutes in the city, who have always had an overwhelming majority of students for MHT-CET, have now started advertising their 'expertise' in AIPMT coaching as well. This last week has seen a spree of ads asking students to enrol for AIPMT coaching.
Some institutes are organizing seminars for parents, which at the end of the day turn into a sales pitch for enrolment. A parent who attended a recent 'seminar', said "It actually confused me more. At the end I came out with a feeling that my daughter should not take any risk and study for both MHT-CET and AIPMT."
This is exactly what is happening across the city. Institutes who already have MHT-CET students are witnessing their re-enrolment for AIPMT as well. Depending on the institute's reputation, students pay anywhere from Rs 45,000 to Rs 60,000 annually (physics, chemistry and biology combined) for admission to the top five coaching classes.
Now, as a result of the dilemma, many students are paying Rs 90,000 to Rs 1.20 lakhs annually to take coaching for both MHT-CET and AIPMT!
So while institutes are raking in the moolah, students are feeling the heat. Prof Sameer Phale of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar college said, "There are students who are taking tuitions for six hours daily. They study for both MHT-CET and AIPMT because they don't know which exam will be valid next year. And let us not forget they also have to study for their HSC board exams anyway."
However, there's no knowing whether this decision will be implemented next year. The confusion has made this year a profitable one for private coaching institutes, which are charging for AIPMT as well as MHT-CET exams.
So, the coaching classes are getting paid twice by the same students trying for admissions to medical colleges next year. Students in the city are taking tuitions for both MHT-CET and AIPMT as they do not know which one will be valid in 2012.
Considering that AIPMT syllabus is 70% different from MHT-CET, there is no easy way out for students. The AIPMT is based on the CBSE pattern and is considered difficult to crack. The MHT-CET (for admissions to Maharashtra aided colleges) is based on the HSC pattern and considered easy, as compared to AIPMT. This is the reason many students in Maharashtra opt for MHT-CET.
But now, standard XI students, who will appear for an entrance exam in 2012 are in a dilemma. Should they study for AIPMT or MHT-CET?
Coaching institutes in the city, who have always had an overwhelming majority of students for MHT-CET, have now started advertising their 'expertise' in AIPMT coaching as well. This last week has seen a spree of ads asking students to enrol for AIPMT coaching.
Some institutes are organizing seminars for parents, which at the end of the day turn into a sales pitch for enrolment. A parent who attended a recent 'seminar', said "It actually confused me more. At the end I came out with a feeling that my daughter should not take any risk and study for both MHT-CET and AIPMT."
This is exactly what is happening across the city. Institutes who already have MHT-CET students are witnessing their re-enrolment for AIPMT as well. Depending on the institute's reputation, students pay anywhere from Rs 45,000 to Rs 60,000 annually (physics, chemistry and biology combined) for admission to the top five coaching classes.
Now, as a result of the dilemma, many students are paying Rs 90,000 to Rs 1.20 lakhs annually to take coaching for both MHT-CET and AIPMT!
So while institutes are raking in the moolah, students are feeling the heat. Prof Sameer Phale of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar college said, "There are students who are taking tuitions for six hours daily. They study for both MHT-CET and AIPMT because they don't know which exam will be valid next year. And let us not forget they also have to study for their HSC board exams anyway."
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