KCET 2022 Repeaters to Get 50:50 Weightage: How will it Impact KCET Ranks?

Karnataka High Court has finally pronounced its judgment on KCET 2022 repeaters issue. This has been the most controversial issue for the last few days. The court has announced that the KEA has to redo the entire ranking system of KCET 2022, and a 50:50 weightage has to be given to repeater students. In simple terms, repeater students will get 50% weightage for PUC marks and 50% weightage for KCET marks just like the way how KCET 2022 fresh students are treated.

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As per the Karnataka HC order, KCET results 2022 which were declared on July 30, 2022, stand cancelled, and fresh results have to be declared by KEA in due course of time.

With the latest decision of the Karnataka High Court on KCET 2022 repeaters issues, the entire ranks of KCET 2022 will be changed. After the inclusion of 50% weightage for PUC marks for repeaters, fresh ranks will be declared for all students. Overall, the entire ranks of fresh students might also undergo changes as per the latest decision of the high court.

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Student Reactions on Karnataka High Court Decision on KCET Repeaters Issue 2022

There have been mixed reactions to the Karnataka High Court's decision on KCET 2022 repeaters issue. Here are some of the student reactions received by CollegeDekho –

• A student who is a fresher indicated that the judgment of the high court is unfair. As 2021 PUC exams were not held, repeater students might have an advantage of getting good ranks in KCET as every student was declared qualified in 2021
• One student expressed that the Karnataka High Court has been unfair to 2 lakh fresh students whose ranks will be revised now for the sake of 24,000 repeater students
• One student indicated that the court decision is fair. ‘Every competitive exam has repeaters and everyone should be treated equally, he expressed
• One student expressed that the court decision is fair. In 2021, even though the PUC exams were cancelled, the marks were awarded on the basis of past academic performance. All these repeater students were not given any free marks. Therefore, the court decision is fair, he expressed.

In all, the court decision has drawn mixed reactions. KEA will soon release a press note on KCET 2022 ranks, and the counselling process will be initiated only after declaring the fresh ranks.