<p> Some candidates set to write the Consortium of Medical, Engineering, and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (ComedK) were in for a surprise on Wednesday when they received intimation about a change in their test centres. From this year, ComedK will be conducted at the national level in online format.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“My original exam centre was at the Bangalore Institute of Technology, KR Road. I received a message on Wednesday saying that my centre will be changed and that I will be informed of the new exam centre. No information on how I would receive the new admit card is not known,” said a student appearing for the test.<br /><br />There were other candidates who claimed to have been allotted centres outside the city. Rakshit Kumar, a student said: “I was earlier allotted a centre in the city, later when I logged on to the ComedK website, I found that it was changed to Mangaluru,” he said. <br />B N Subramanya, CEO, ERA Foundation that has collaborated with ComedK for the exams, said that centres for some students had been changed. <br /><br />Further explaining the reason for the change in the centres, he said that students with physics-chemistry-maths combination had been allotted centres with ‘one shift’ while those with physics-chemistry-maths and physics-chemistry-maths-biology combinations were allotted centres with two shifts.<br /> <br />However, a few of the students with ‘one shift’ were allotted ‘two-shift’ centres. “As a result, these students have been recalled and allotted new shifts. This is the first time the exam is being held on such a large scale and improvements will be made in subsequent years,” he said. A S Srikanth, Chief Executive, ComedK, said that as many as 1.71 lakh candidates will be taking the exam in 156 cities and in 729 centres, across the country. A total of 30,553 candidates will appear for the test at 152 centres in 27 cities across Karnataka.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Some candidates set to write the Consortium of Medical, Engineering, and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (ComedK) were in for a surprise on Wednesday when they received intimation about a change in their test centres. From this year, ComedK will be conducted at the national level in online format.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“My original exam centre was at the Bangalore Institute of Technology, KR Road. I received a message on Wednesday saying that my centre will be changed and that I will be informed of the new exam centre. No information on how I would receive the new admit card is not known,” said a student appearing for the test.<br /><br />There were other candidates who claimed to have been allotted centres outside the city. Rakshit Kumar, a student said: “I was earlier allotted a centre in the city, later when I logged on to the ComedK website, I found that it was changed to Mangaluru,” he said. <br />B N Subramanya, CEO, ERA Foundation that has collaborated with ComedK for the exams, said that centres for some students had been changed. <br /><br />Further explaining the reason for the change in the centres, he said that students with physics-chemistry-maths combination had been allotted centres with ‘one shift’ while those with physics-chemistry-maths and physics-chemistry-maths-biology combinations were allotted centres with two shifts.<br /> <br />However, a few of the students with ‘one shift’ were allotted ‘two-shift’ centres. “As a result, these students have been recalled and allotted new shifts. This is the first time the exam is being held on such a large scale and improvements will be made in subsequent years,” he said. A S Srikanth, Chief Executive, ComedK, said that as many as 1.71 lakh candidates will be taking the exam in 156 cities and in 729 centres, across the country. A total of 30,553 candidates will appear for the test at 152 centres in 27 cities across Karnataka.<br /><br /></p>
