Retest: a fair decision

So, the results of the test are out... not the CAT itself but the decision by the IIMs on what next?

Evidently, good sense has prevailed and Mr Samir Barua, Director of IIM Ahmedabad has been quoted in The Times of India today saying: "The focus of IIMs is to complete the test in a fair manner. But the entire test will be reviewed to ensure that such problems do not occur in future."

If you read the Business Standard, however, the tone of the report is somewhat different and the focus seems to be on what will happen to Prometric when their contract is reviewed.

Now, every contract must be reviewed periodically but it doesn't necessarily follow that a review leads to an exit, does it? The focus should be on ensuring that the deserving candidates - i.e. those who suffered - get a fair chance at the retest minus any glitches. Everything else is secondary and it's time everyone concerned figured this out.

To all those who will take the retest of the CAT 2009, all the best!