Entrance Test And Admissions To College

Today, we are living in the era of a competitive world where resources are limited and the demand for it is infinite.

- Sayak Karmakar

There is a stiff competition in every sphere we look at; there is competition for travelling in railways and airways, competition for the best garment stores, competition to be selected as an employee of an organization, competition to be the best employee of an organization, competition to be the best child among a group of friends, competition to be the best nation of the world and many more. This competitive nature of the current world is understandable to a certain limit as everyone wants the best person to utilize the limited resource available. The educational sector is also not behind the influence of this competitive nature. Now-a-days all the big colleges around the world wants best candidates as the students, so that the name and fame along the legacy of the college continues to grow. Thus, we see that the general tendency of the collages in India as well as abroad is to conduct entrance examination before the admission of a candidate and along with all the previous accolades, passing of the an entrance test with the minimum cut off marks is the eligibility criteria for every student to get admission in a college. Therefore, let’s have a look at the necessity, advantages and disadvantages of entrance test for admission to colleges.

Majority of the entrance exams are mainly conducted at independent centres far away from colleges so that there is no sort of biasness or favouritism with regards to any particular student or students for any college. The question pattern of entrance examinations are built in such a way that it becomes a common and understandable pattern for all the applicants who are coming from different cultural, economic and social background. The standardized theme of questions makes it easier for students to prepare for the entrance as well as it becomes a clear-cut measure for faculty members as well as college staffs to access the candidates ability to join their college as a student.