HRD junks common engineering entrance test plan

AICTE will, however, submit a report about feasibility of conducting the exam in the future

The Human Resource Development Ministry has decided to junk the plan of introducing a common engineering entrance exam from next year.

The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the country's technical education regulator, had announced in March that a national-level common entrance examination for engineering colleges would be conducted from the next academic year in 2018.

However, the Ministry had decided to put the idea on hold for reviewing the success of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical colleges, before moving ahead.

"It has been decided that there will be no common engineering exam next year. However, the