With limited number of seats to offer in various courses across institutes, there has to be a mechanism to filter and choose the deserving aspirants to admit. Entrance exams and other factors lead to admissions in various institutes using, at times, a complex set of rules. Government of India enforces reservation to the underpriviledged sections of society divided under the categories of SC (Scheduled Caste), ST (Scheduled Tribes) and OBC (Other Backward Classes). Entrance exams may be administered at any level of education, from primary to secondary to senior secondary to higher education, although they are more common for higher education.
Everyone has to take one or more of them at some point of time in his life. In fact every child aspiring for quality education has to face an entrance exam on the very onset of his journey towards the enlightenment. S/he has to compete with numerous others to get admitted in ever scarce best pre-schools with limited seats for almost unlimited aspirants. Although entrance exam in India at this level is still debatable but it is just the first step. This race starts becoming tougher as one climbs the ladder of education system in India and become the toughest once schooling is just near completion and the aspirants have to choose a specific career path. It is the time when one has to fight and win his toughest battle of life and prove his worth in the entrance test to join the professional college - his ultimate path to his successful career.
There are various entrance exams for higher education in India:
- Engineering Exams
- Medical Exams
- MBA Exams
- BCA / MCA (Bachelor / Master of Computer Applications) Exams
- SSC
- Law Exams
- Hotel Management Exams
- Fashion Technology Exams
- Chartered Accounts (CA) Exams
- Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)
- Banking & Allied Services Exams
- Defence Services Exams
- Foreign Education Exams
- Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
- State Public Service Commission (SPSC)
- Educational Exams