New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) announced that students should secure at least 50 per cent marks during graduation to be eligible for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2006.
The new eligibility criteria for this year's CAT, to be held on November 19, was announced by the IIMs on Sunday.
The announcement stipulates that candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree with at least 50 per cent marks to be eligible this year as against only "successful completion" of their graduation hitherto.
Students belonging to the SC and ST category should have a minimum of 45 per cent, the announcement said.
The duration of the examination is also set to increase by 30 minutes to two-and-a-half hours.
Making a special reference to Govenment's proposed move to reserve seats for OBC candidates during academic year 2007-08 in educational institutions, IIMs said, "The
details of the reservation for candidates belonging to OBCs would be notified by the IIMs on their websites and through a an advertisement in national newspapers on receipt of an
official communication from the appropriate authority".
Observing that no student should be denied opportunity to pursue the management course for want of adequate financial resources, the IIMs said substantial need-based scholarships were available for students belonging to economically disadvantaged families.
Over 1.5 lakh students appeared last year in the CAT examination for admission to six IIMs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode and Lucknow and other B-schools.
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