PANAJI: The Goa Common Entrance Test (GCET) has been deferred further and is now set to be held on July 27 and 28.
The GCET is held for entry to engineering and pharmacy degree programmes seats available in Goa.
“GCET-2021, earlier scheduled to be conducted on June 15 and 16 is deferred.
However, the dates shall be confirmed at least 10 days prior to the exam.
The procedure and schedule of acceptance of application forms shall be notified on the DTE website by June 20,” the directorate of technical education has said.
The schedule of subsequent activities related to admissions, like the admission rounds, shall be notified after conduct of GCET-2021, the DTE said.
Around 3,000 students appear for GCET in Goa, each year.
GCET is normally conducted in early May, each year.
However, due to the pandemic and postponement of the Class XII exam dates, the GCET schedule was pushed to mid-June.
As the Class XII exams have now been cancelled and the central as well as state boards are yet to finalise the scheme for tabulation of results for Class XII students, the GCET has been deferred further.
For engineering and pharmacy programme admissions, Class XII scores are required and therefore the professional seat entry is directly linked to the schedule of declaration of the Class XII results.