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The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has developed a caller mobile app called ‘KEA Connect’ to supply students with due guidance connected Common Entrance Test (CET-2026) counselling and to forestall the usage of paid online mentors.
Steps person been taken to name students who participated successful CET counselling successful the past 2 years and secured seats, arsenic good arsenic module members from engineering colleges, arsenic mentors. Each mentor tin usher 2 students.
Students tin motion successful to the KEA Connect app, prime their preferred mentors and person guidance astatine each signifier of CET counselling until admission.
About 3.18 lakh students crossed the State person written the CET 2026 this year, and the results volition beryllium declared successful a fewer days. Meanwhile, the KEA has begun preparations for CET counselling and spot allocation for assorted nonrecreational courses, including engineering. KEA has besides flagged backstage individuals and YouTubers for luring students online with claims of providing close CET counselling guidance, including assistance with enactment introduction and spot allotment successful preferred colleges.
How it works
“So far, much than 5,000 students and module person been onboarded arsenic mentors. Students seeking guidance tin log successful to the app, prime their preferred people — engineering, medicine oregon others — and volition beryllium matched with 5 mentors. Complete accusation of each mentor volition beryllium displayed, i.e., whether they are students oregon faculty, their people and assemblage details, and instauration and taxable details for faculty, enabling users to take the astir suitable mentor.
More than 5,000 students and module person been onboarded arsenic mentors. Students seeking guidance tin log successful to the app, prime their preferred people — engineering, medicine oregon others — and volition beryllium matched with 5 mentors. Complete accusation of each mentor volition beryllium available, including people and assemblage details if they are students, and instauration and taxable details if they are faculty, enabling users to take the astir suitable mentor,” said Prasanna.H., enforcement manager of KEA.
No transverse mentoring
KEA has taken steps to delegate lone pistillate mentors for pistillate students and antheral mentors for antheral students. “Once selected, mentors and students tin link done the app and entree CET counselling accusation via chat, with calls permitted lone erstwhile necessary,” Mr. Prasanna said.
Declaration of mentors
KEA has obtained declarations from mentors that they volition not complaint immoderate interest oregon beforehand immoderate college. Any changes successful the counselling schedule, policies oregon rules volition beryllium communicated to mentors done notifications and videos connected the app for dissemination to students.
Option to switch
Students tin besides alteration mentors if they bash not person an due response. “If the mentors bash not respond properly, students should instantly discontinue them and nonstop a caller request. Five caller mentor options volition past beryllium provided to the student. A mentor is allowed to usher guide up to 2 students and volition assistance them until the counselling process is completed,” helium said.
This inaugural volition payment agrarian students, Mr. Prasanna added.
