AICTE announces dates for CMAT 2012

NEW DELHI: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced the dates for the computer based Common Management Admission Test ( CMAT) 2012 on Thursday. Registration window opens on December 9 for online registration of candidates, while the exams will be conducted from February 20 to 28, 2012 across 61 cities.

Based on a judgment of the Supreme Court of India, the AICTE in order to reduce the burden of students in attending to multiple examinations is launching this first national level admission test for facilitating institutions to select suitable students for admission in management programs approved by the Council for the academic year 2012-13.

The initiative has been taken to address the issue of physical, mental and financial stress being imposed on the students through number of entrance examinations being followed by the institutions for admission into management programmes.