J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations
Before 1987 selections for Medical and Engineering courses in the State were made
by a designated Government Department in the Civil Secretariat as an additional
item of its work. Gradually, the number of students who were appearing in Entrance
Examinations increased and, as a consequence, the work of organizing Entrance Examinations
also increased. The Government of Jammu and Kashmir, therefore, in the year 1987
constituted a full–time examining body, Competent Authority Entrance Examinations.
The purpose of creating a full time examining body was to organize Entrance Tests
in a more transparent ....