UET announces ECAT result for over 15K candidates today

Peshawar: Total 15,691 candidates appeared in the entry test for admission to the government sector engineering universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.

According to the issued statement, The Educational Testing and Evaluating Agency (ETEA), KPK, conducted the entry test.

The entry test for admission in engineering colleges of KPK was simultaneously conducted in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Swat and Dera Ismail Khan. In Peshawar, the ecat test was conducted at two locations, including Islamia Collegiate Ground and Cricket Ground at the University of Peshawar (UoP).

The result of this entry test will be announced on Monday (today) at official website of ETEA (www.etea.edu.pk). The same will also be displayed on the main notice board of University of Engineering and Technology.

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The Vice Chancellor of UET, Peshawar, Prof Iftikhar Hussain, on this event expressed his satisfaction over the arrangements for the entry test. Because of the large number of students appearing for the ECAT test in Peshawar it was conducted at two venues, he added.

He also thanked the campus police for providing the foolproof security during test.

At Peshawar test centre, total 9,763 candidates appeared in the test along with 9,382 applicanys looking for the admission to the engineering disciplines and 381 applicants for Computer Science group.

At Swat examination centre, 2,644 candidates appeared in the test along with 2,598 applicants for engineering disciplines while 46 for Computer Science group; at Abbottabad centre among 1,848 applicants 1,804 appeared for engineering group whereas 44 candidates for the Computer Science group; and at Dera Ismail Khan centre of the total 1,436 candidates 1,397 appeared in test for engineering disciplines and 39 for Computer Science group.

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Overall 570 female and 15,121 male applicants appeared in the test at all the examination centres of KPK.

All the entry gates of the University of Peshawar and ICU were closed for security reasons. A big contingent of police was organized to ensure security, especially at the main gates.