The Supreme Court today extended stay on AICTE notification on PGDM autonomy and allowed PGDM institutions to continue with their admissions for academic session 2014-16 through any of the five national tests viz. CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA and CMAT.
The Apex court extended further stay against the AICTE’s Notification dated December 28, 2010 under which autonomy of PGDM institutions in deciding admission, fees, syllabus, examination etc. was withdrawn.
The Supreme Court on February 18, 2013, had also permitted the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to substitute the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) with the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for admission into PGDM programs.
Hailing the SC judgment, Dr H Chaturvedi, Director BIMTECH and Alternate President, EPSI, said, “We welcome this Supreme Court judgment which has further boosted the demands for autonomy for PGDM institutes. The acceptance of the five national tests for B-school admissions will definitely help B-schools to attract diverse set of talents and help growth of management education.”
The PGDM institutes had argued that the AICTE’s notification of December 2010, restricting PGDM institutes to use CMAT scores only, goes against the healthy growth of business education and its basic spirit of autonomy.
In February 2011, EPSI, AIMS and Jaipuria Group of Institutions had filed a petition in the Apex Court and challenged the AICTE Notification dated December 28, 2010. The AICTE had issued this notification listing a new set of rules for the B schools of the country to follow. The Notification stipulated not only the doing away with important MBA entrance exams, such as the CAT, XAT, ATMA or MAT, but ascertained that only CAT, MAT or any state government-conducted exams can serve as entry points to B-schools.
The Supreme Court of India in its interim orders dated March 17, 2011 and dated July 26, 2011 had granted stay against the AICTE notification dated December 28, 2010 for the academic session 2011-12 and 2012-13. Subsequently the further stay was extended for admission year 2013-14. In March 2012, B-schools across the country were given a major relief by Supreme Court judgment when the court had categorically stated that AICTE’s CMAT was merely the fifth MBA entrance test in India, and not the ‘sole’ and ‘mandatory’ test that AICTE was projecting it to be.
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