Uniform entrance test to be held for private quota seats at private universities from 2025
The HinduPrivate universities have agreed to the government’s proposal to fill up seats through a uniform entrance test instead of conducting a separate entrance test for each private university to fill up 40% of private quota seats in professional courses, including engineering. Speaking at a press conference at the Higher Education Council, Mr. Sudhakar said, “There are 32 private universities in Karnataka and 17 universities offering various professional courses. Otherwise, all the universities were told to form a separate consortium to conduct the examination and fill up the seats.” The Minister also mentioned that in the coming days, the government will also consider having a common entrance test for admissions to general degree courses at private universities. “As there is no entrance test for admissions to general degree courses at the colleges and universities run by the government, we were unable to take any decision on it,” Dr. Sudhakar explained.