CET attempts & Age Limit

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) and the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in Maharashtra are actively considering a proposal to limit the number of attempts that an applicant take at the Common Entrance Test (CET) for the admission to various Engineering and Medical courses in the state.

DMER is also considering to bring an upper age limit for the candidates who appear for the CET and medical admissions in the state.

As per the proposal, an applicant can take at most 3 attempts at the common entrance test. For medical admission, DMER proposed that an upper age limit of 25 years should be kept to prevent students who repeatedly attempt the CET

Apparently, about 12,000 repeaters took the CET in 2007. And the oldest candidate to take the CET was of 38 years old. A few hundred aspirants are in their early 30s. These statistics alerted the DTE to actively consider the proposal.

However, these changes may not happen for the current years CET which is scheduled for 14-Feb-2008