Delhi University’s department of English started the sale of forms for the Common Aptitude Test in English (CATE) on Thursday, May 20, 2010.

Nearly 500 forms were sold at 17 centres on the first day. As reported in the last post, the forms will be available till May 31 and the will be held on June 9.

17 colleges, including Hindu, IP College for Women, Miranda House, Lady Shri Ram College, Kamala Nehru College, will admit students in BA (honours) English through CATE this year.

This year the Delhi University has published nearly 15,000 forms for the 500 seats in 17 colleges.

The process has been decentralized this year and students can buy and submit the forms at any of the 17 participating colleges. The form costs Rs 300 (includes the registration as well as the examination fee).

The test will have two parts. Only those answer sheets, which meet a certain cut-off in the objective-type questions, will be evaluated further while eliminating the rest. However, there will be no elimination for the OBC candidates. Students with a minimum of 60% aggregate and 60% in English can apply for this course.