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NEW DELHI: The number of candidates for the All India Pre-Medical Test (PMT) this year has declined by 40,000 as compared to last year, a trend that has been there for sometime now.
“The number has been declining for last three to four years but it was not very high till last year. But this year it is a significant decline,” Shayam Bharadwaj, Assistant Secretary (PMT) in CBSE, told reporters.
As against about two lakh candidates in 2007, only about 1.6 lakh students appeared for the test, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), yesterday.
In fact, CBSE has been witnessing such a declining trend for the last few years.
The decline is very much evident in the capital where about 26,000 students appeared the test against 40,000 last year.
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