CET results put off by a week as govt gives in to protest

The State government on Friday yielded to the protests by II PU students and postponed the announcement of Common Entrance Test (CET) 2015 results by a week. 

The results were earlier scheduled to be announced by May 26. The decision to postpone the announcement was taken by Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Rathnakar after a meeting with PU department officials. Based on the minister’s request, Comed-K, too, decided to reschedule announcement of results to June 8. 

The principal secretary for primary and secondary education, Rajkumar Khatri, has been directed to conduct an inquiry into the lapses and submit a report following which action would be initiated against errant officials. 

The decision has come in the wake of massive protests by parents, students and students’ organisations, who complained of errors in II PU results.  They feared that the announcement of CET results before rectifying errors in the PU results would affect their CET ranking. 

The minister has also assured that the department would expedite the processes of issuing photocopies and revaluation. The department will try to complete the process within a week, he added. 

So far, the department has received over 10,000 applications for photocopies alone. If needed, they would take the help of NGOs to get the work done on time, said Rathnakar. 

The minister said that the whole confusion was due to errors on the part of a private agency authorised to display results on its website. 

The agency, H T Media, had wrongly interpreted a subject code which resulted in a mix up in some cases, Rathnakar said. 


“English language marks were tabulated as that secured by the students in French resulting in confusion and chaos,” he explained. 

The  Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) has filed a complaint against H T Media, which operates the website www.resultsout.com.  The minister also pulled up DPUE Director Sushama Godbole for not being responsive to students’ pleas. 

Had the department interacted with parents and students on time, the situation would not have blown out of proportion, Rathnakar added.