The State Common Entrance Test Cell has finally announced the dates for the Law CET that will be held on June 18 and 19. Some senior law academicians have said that rather than rushing to introduce the CET, the state should have first addressed the issue of paucity of faculty and paper setters.
Speaking about the Law CET and the uncertainty surrounding the syllabus for the test, a senior academician said, “The CET will be held for both the three-year LLB and five-year integrated BLS course. Based on the paper pattern announced by the Directorate of Technical Education that will be conducting the test through the State Common Entrance Test Cell, LLB aspirants will have to prepare for legal aptitude, general knowledge and current affairs, logical and analytical reasoning and English. Apart from the four topics, BLS aspirants will have to prepare for basic Mathematics too.”
Applications for the CET are already underway and will go on till May 23. The admit cards will be issued online on June 6 and the tests will be held through the online mode on June 18 for the five year course and June 19 for the three year course. The results will be declared on June 30 and will be followed by counselling in July. Aspirants will be able to use the scores for admission to government-run law colleges in the state.
Academicians, however, pointed out to the fact that while the intention of introducing CET was welcome, the government should have ensured that there were sufficient faculty members to set the papers as well as assess them. “Most government or private law colleges face a huge shortage of teachers and have to make do with guest lectures by practicing lawyers or professionals. Due to this, the government may face a major hurdle in being able to declare results on the scheduled date,” said the principal of a law college in the western suburbs. Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray had also raised concerns on Twitter.
