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Do you think the value of mba is getting down? here are the things to know
by Harshith Kulal Harshith education bloggerThe southern zone is the most popular amongst the students as
evidenced by the fact that it has the highest number of MBA students as well
as highest MBA Applications owing to states like Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
and Telangana. Incidentally, these are the top states as far as number of total
applications is concerned.
Demand for MBA seats in MBA Colleges in Tamil Nadu, one of the
sought after until a decade ago, continues to nose-dive. More than 8,500 seats,
or 62% a staggering number of the total seats under the state government
quota, are set to go vacant. The fall in demand according to the experts, is
mainly due to the declining job prospects and inadequate number of
government colleges offering the course. This is despite government toning
down the difficulty level of the entrance test(TANCET) since 2013, when a
sharp drop in the number of admissions was recorded.
As only a handful of MBA graduates, predominantly those from premier
institutions, manage to secure a decent job while Others either become jobless
or settle for low-paying jobs.
Analysing the Main Reasons:
This trend is said to be caused due to the mushrooming of many private
institutions in recent years which has ultimately degraded down the quality of the
course and people being sceptic to venture out for an MBA.
Most candidates, particularly the moderate and slow-learners, do not
complete the test on time Unlike other competitive tests, in TANCET 100 questions
are to be answered in 120 minutes. Even thought the difficulty of TANCET is toned
down, the masses find it difficult.
The Common Admission Test(CAT) is a computer-based National level test.
The test scores a candidate on a number of fields such asVerbal Ability (VA)
and Reading Comprehension (RC), Quantitative Ability (QA), Logical Reasoning
(LR) andData Interpretation (DI). The Indian Institute of management(IIMs)
conduct this exam for the purpose of selecting students to their business
administration programs. The test is conducted every year by one of the three
IIMs based on a policy of rotation. The CAT is held once every year mostly in
the month of November/December across various test centres with the
score/grade range varying between 100-300.
CAT on an average is taken up by about 2,50,000 candidates every year
so its trivial to state how competitive this entrance exam is. In CAT the pattern,
number of questions and duration have seen many variations over the years.
The CAT like several other national exams, has multiple formats and
versions of the test. So, we have two types of scores are calculated i.e. a raw
score and a scaled score.
The raw score is calculated for each section based on the number of
questions answered correctly and incorrectly. if left un-attempted no points
are given or taken for such questions. Candidates are awarded +3 points for
each correct answer and -1 point for every incorrect answer. The raw scores
are then adjusted through a process known as equating. Processed raw scores
are then converted to a common metric to be scaled (ensures appropriate
interpretation of the scores).
Author,
Akash Balachandar.
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