A few students in Hyderabad could not reach the test centres in time to appear for the Common Admission Test (CAT) today, the penultimate day of the computer-based test, due to the bandh call given by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a political outfit fighting for a separate statehood for Telanagana.
A statement issued by TIME, a training institute, said a few students contacted the call centre of US company Prometric, which is implementing the test for admission into the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and were told that all slots for the exam for this year were full and asked them to appear next year.
The transport facilities and business activities have been suspended for the second day in the 10 districts of Telangana.
This apart, a few students could not take the tests at three computer laboratories at the MVSR Engineering College at Nagargul on the outskirts of the city due to a server error.
Prometric chief operating officer Charles Kernan said new appointments had been provided to candidates who either had been unable to take the test or have had a less than complete test experience.