There are some prep-centres that are projecting themselves as saviours of the kids this year by saying that the CAT must remain a paper test.
Now, if you ask me, this is a bit like Mr Bean shooting himself in the foot ;-)
Now, the coaching centres will fret and fume because the digitisation of the exam means that they need to reinvent and reinvest in their very profitable business. It's a bit like the politicians who raved and ranted when the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were introduced. Incidentally, as a piece of trivia, it's useful to know that the world's largest democracy introduced EVMs in Kerala in 1982 but it was only in 2004 that the entire election went electronic (source: The Hindu).
You get the general drift, don't you?
Test centres prefer paper tests because that's what they're used to. So, they'll create enough noise and fury - forgetting about Copenhagen and global warming - but clearly don't have a pulse of their own students. Here's Arun, a student who thinks online is the way to go:
But, are the test-centres listening?
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Am a candidate who trained with Career Launcher and I know for sure the acad team there was very happy with the shift to CBT.They just want a paper pencil retest this time cause its clear that the IIM's messed up this time's test and they better test their systems and do the CBT next time.A paper pencil retest is being asked to ensure fairness.I also would like to mention that Iam just a student and NOT a CL representative and have no ulterior motives in saying this.And because I did not train with any other test prep insti,I cant comment on their standpoint.
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