Students wish to get admission in various professional and other courses after 12th may have to clear SAT – type test to get their choice of course and institute. In a roundtable meeting at Ministry of HRD, attended by several vice-chancellors, principals and representatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, CBSE and other officials reached to a conclusion, in principle, to organize SAT like test for admission in undergraduate courses.

SAT (formerly known as Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is widely used in US for admission in the undergraduate courses. According to sources, it was also discussed about modalities of such examination. The representatives also discussed the issue of grading system in school and assessment of schools. The HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has already said that such type of examination is necessary to bring uniformity in the system. In a meeting of vice-chancellors of newly formed central universities Sibal had categorically said to organize such examination for admission in various courses.