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Though thousands of students from Tiruchi-Thanjavur region appear for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) every year, the success rate has been rather low and the trend has been static, according to trainers.
The trend, they say, has got much to do with the students’ primary focus on scoring high marks in the university examinations rather than having a strong grasp of the concepts.
Students from affiliated colleges of Anna University do attempt the exam, but without adequate preparation. Unlike in Chennai and Coimbatore regions, the level of awareness among students about GATE - that the exam primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admission into the Masters Programme and landing jobs in Public Sector Companies - is still low, S. Sivakumar, Director of Gate Forum - Tiruchi, and Chief Executive Officer of Trichy Plus, said.