90% clear test for BU PhD, MPhil admission

Coimbatore: Close to 90% of the candidates have cleared the online common eligibility test for admission to MPhil and PhD programmes at the Bharathiar University (BU). The results were announced a few hours after the examination that was conducted on Monday. The pass percentage was 85 last year.
Of the 2,859 candidates, including 49 students from abroad, who appeared for the test across 52 disciplines on Monday, 2,570 had cleared the same.
There were 50 questions carrying one mark each and the students who scored a minimum of 15 marks were declared pass. There was no negative mark.
The highest number of 435 candidates were from English literature discipline and 408 of them cleared the test. Students from commerce, management and mathematics disciplines too showed more intertest in appearing for the test, compared to other disciplines.
Pointing out that there were highly-paid opportunities for English language teachers abroad, BU vice-chancellor P Kaliraj attributed that as a reason for more students opting for English. He said more students had appeared for the test this year compared to last year, as Covid cases had come down.
The university departments, affiliated colleges and recognized research centres of BU offer full-time and part-time MPhil and PhD programmes. The common eligibility test is a must for admission to the research programmes.