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GMCET Exam 2022 – The full form for GMCET is Global Media Common Entrance Test. It is a regional-level common entrance test for media and entertainment industry aspirants. It is one of the best exams for media aspirants. If the students are interested in doing mass communication or media-related courses at the UG level, then they must give this exam to get admission to over 30 universities in the country.
GMCET Exams: Important Dates
The last day to apply for the exam – is July 9th, 2022.
Exam date – July 10th, 2022.
All the inserted students must fill out the application form by 9th July 2022 or else they will fail to sit for this exam. They will miss out on the opportunity because the dates will not be extended any further as the exam itself is on July 10th, 2022.
GMCET Exams: Details
GMCET exams will be conducted in different phases and not just in one single round. This is done so that maximum benefits are provided to the students and they get to pass nicely in exams. The different dates on which the exams are scheduled are like 24th July, 7th August, 21st August, 4th September, 18th September etc.
Ministry of Education has seen a massive rise in the number of mass and media students in 2020. It was more in numbers as compared to the students of the other subjects and disciplines. As per their report, the enrolment at the undergraduate level in journalism and mass communication stood at 29,758. This was way more than admissions in the subjects like design, fashion technology and linguistics.
The 2019-2020 All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) also shows that at the UG level, the highest number (32.7%) of students are enrolled in Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences courses followed by Science (16%), Commerce (14.9%) and Engineering and Technology (12.6%). This makes it evident that media is one of the most popular branches of studying in India. It might be because of the endless opportunities it gives to the students in the coming years.
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However, mass media is a vast subject and is divided into different branches. Of course, all of them are great and have wonderful opportunities, but it gets very difficult for the students to choose which category they want to go ahead with. There are a lot of subdomains under mass media like advertising, PR, digital marketing, marketing, media communication, journalism, and lots more.
Hence, GMCET (Global Media Common Entrance Exam) was established to help the students and make their subject selection process easy after the 12th standard. Through this exam, the students are given priority through their scores and many universities in India will accept them. Structure-wise, the GMCET assesses the students on their communication skills and necessary analytics and logical reasoning.
It is an online exam and can be given from anywhere even from the home through their laptop.
GMCET Exams: Paper Structure
GMCET or the Global Media Common Entrance Exam is a 100-mark paper. It has 25 questions each testing English language & IQ, general knowledge of news & current affairs, entertainment media knowledge, and brands and basic brand communication knowledge.
GMCET Exams: Eligibility Criteria
Any student with a minimum education qualification of Higher Secondary (10+2) or any equivalent education with a minimum aggregate of 50% for the General Category & 45% for SC/ST/OBC categories can appear in the GMCET exam.
GMCET Exams: Application Fee
The application fee for the GMCET exams is Rs 1,000/- The students have to fill out the application form fee while filling out the application form or else their form will not be accepted and will straight away be rejected.
GMCET Exams: Application Form Details
The application form for the GMCET exams is available on the official website of GMCET exams which is https://gmcet.org/. The students have to click on this link and have to submit the application form from here before July 9th, 2022.