India, June 7 -- Maharashtra higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil on Friday directed education authorities to conduct a second Common Entrance Test (CET) to address concerns over low student turnout and stringent admission criteria that have discouraged applicants from enrolling in undergraduate programmes for the academic year 2025-26.

Patil held a meeting in this regard attended by medical education minister Hasan Mushrif and representatives of Shivaji University Development Front and college principals' associations to assess the impact of rigid conditions placed on the admission process for BBA and BCA courses. It was pointed out that many students had missed the first CET and were at the risk of losing out on ad...