Maharashtra: CET cell seeks audit of evaluation

MUMBAI: With several engineering aspirants complaining of discrepancies in their MHT-CET percentile scores, the state's CET cell has sought a third-party audit of the scoring pattern.
Since the MHT-CET was conducted online over 11 days for the first time, the CET cell had to normalise the scores of all 3.92 lakh students. When results were declared last week, students were given percentile scores.Students claimed the normalisation process followed is not clear.
Anand Rayate, commissioner of the state's CET cell, said the normalisation formula was applied after consulting experts. "Students cannot demand a change in evaluation pattern at this stage. The admission brochure had made it clear results would be announced in percentile scores," said Rayate. He added they have sought a third-party audit of the process and are expecting the report by June 15. "The CET cell will abide by the report," he said.
The father of an aspirant said his daughter got 85 out of 200 marks, but only got 37 percentile, while a student with 67 marks got 90 percentile. "No one is able to explain how they arrived at the score. We want the state to give admissions based on actual, raw scores," the parent said.