GMAT, CMAT among 6 tests for PGDM admissions 2013-14: Supreme Court

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on February 18, 2013, permitted the AICTE to substitute the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) with the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for admission into PGDM programs

Noida, India (prHWY.com) February 25, 2013 - In a significant development, the Supreme Court on February 18, 2013, permitted the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to substitute the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) with the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for admission into PGDM programs.

On February 18, clearing all doubts and confusion on entrance tests for PGDM admission, the Supreme Court said from 2013-14 onwards, PGDM institutions can admit students who have taken any of the six MBA entrance exams, namely CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, CMAT and GMAT. The order, the copy of which is with MBAUniverse.com, states, "...the applicant All India Council for Technical Education is permitted to substitute Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) by Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for admission into PGDM Programmes."

The SC order further states, "...to avoid any ambiguity, it is clarified that PGDM institutions may continue to admit students for 2013-2014 onwards who have taken CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, CMAT and GMAT."

This judgment clarifies the previous Supreme Court judgment dated March 1, 2012, where it had said B schools can continue to use CMAT in addition to any of the other five nationally recognized tests like CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA, and JMET for admissions. With the latest February 18, 2013, judgment, JMET has been replaced by GMAT since the former is no longer in vogue.

JMET was a test for admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Around 40,000 students used to take the JMET. The test was discontinued in 2011.

The latest SC court order comes as a relief to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which owns the GMAT exam and has set up an office in Gurgaon to convince more Indian B schools to sign up to accept the GMAT.

The GMAT is currently accepted by around 5,200 MBA or equivalent programs across the world. In India, however, only IIMs and some other top private B schools used to accept GMAT scores. Till recently, accepting GMAT was part of a strategy to attract foreign nationals or prospective students coming from the Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) or the non-resident Indian (NRI) category.

The Supreme Court order will now help GMAC pursue B schools to accept GMAT scores for admitting even Indian applicants, particularly those with significant work experience, since GMAT takers are typically working executives who are eying admission into prestigious foreign B schools.

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