GAT Still Mandatory or Not

Have you heard about GAT Still Mandatory or Not or that is over? Yes! You must have heard about it. But according to many other sites, it’s not. But HEC itself is of the view that NTS didn’t eliminate it rather it is mandatory for M.PHIL and PH.D students. Various websites are spreading the news that Graduate Assessment test (GAT) is been eliminated forever. And this is been announced by the Lahore High Court orders and NTs itself is of the view that it is false news spread by false courts. Here the post will wipe out the confusion that is hovering around today’s century students.

Are students free from GAT? It’s true that students need to appear for GAT test every year for the admission in post-doctoral programs. Many students fail to achieve the required score but when it was heard the news that GAT is not necessary only the admission test of university is enough. At once it was surely a relieving news but the situation is in tie.

A notion of Public and Private Universities: Here, there is a confusion that strikes the mind of many students that whether GAT is not mandatory in public universities or in private universities. To wipe out the confusion, HEC reports that GAT is not mandatory in public universities like International Islamic University, Islamabad, FAST, NUST and other public universities but it is mandatory in NDU and other universities. It depends on the demands of the universities.

GAT is mandatory in HEC recognized Universities: When it comes to the official site of NTS, the have articulated that “No change in HEC policy about MS/ M.phil or PH.D and there is no court order on the subject”. So, according to them the universities which are highly recognized with HEC, they have to appear for GAT test so that they can get admission in their Post graduate Programs.

Is Entrance Test enough for admission? It was believed that there will be only entrance test in the universities and on the basis of that admission will be given to the students but the universities which are HEC affiliated don’t go for this drift. It was even heard that the entrance test which is announced every year will be enough for the eligibility criteria but HEC instantly puts clarity in false drift so that no one can get harm from the rumors.

NTS’s Responsibility to conduct GAT and GRE: NTS has given a task to conduct GRE and GAT tests so that the post graduate programs will further move on. There are actually two types of test GRE and GAT (Graduate Record Examination) and GAT also has two sub types GAT general and GAT subject. The first one deals with admission in M.phil and HEC scholarships scheme whereas the latter one deals with the admission in Ph.D. Programs.

Final Words: Yes! NTS has reported that there is not exclusion in GAT even no reality as ever existed. Again the drift is same that GAT is mandatory in non-recognized universities or the universities which are not affiliated with HEC but public universities are free from GAT stuff.