Candidates Who Got IIT, NEET Seats Barred From CET Counselling

IN an effort to crack down on professional courses seat-blocking scam, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced that students under Karnataka domicile who have already 'secured' seats in reputed colleges across the country through National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) or 'gained admissions' into premier technical institutes like IITs via the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), will no longer be allowed to participate in the state's Common Entrance Test (CET) counselling process.

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This decision was taken to prevent the misuse of the counselling system by candidates who block the seat despite committing to other top institutes. The KEA will keep a track of students who achieved top ranks in the CET. KEA Executive Director H Prasanna told TNIE that the examination body will be requesting institutes like IITs and IIITs among other top institutes to share data