Starting
Date
The 2008-2009 academic year will begin in early July
2008.
Eligibility
Applicants must have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university. Students who have appeared for their final examination may also apply. However, they will have to furnish adequate proof of graduation before their admission is regularised.
Selection
Candidates are expected to have a good academic record, a keen interest in current affairs and politics, a deep commitment to journalism as a career, and sound writing skills. Admission will be based on a written test and an interview.
HOW TO APPLY
Properly completed applications must reach the address given below on or before April 25, 2008:
The Director
MASCOM
Erayilkadavu
Kottayam -686 001
ENTRANCE TEST
The entrance test will be held at the following centres:
Thiruvananthapuram,Kottayam, Kochi, Kozhikode, Delhi, Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore & Dubai (UAE)
The test will consist of two parts. Both sessions will be held on
May 10, 2008.
The forenoon session will be from 10.00 to 12.30 and will focus
on language skills and journalistic aptitude. The afternoon session
will be from 2.00 to 4.00 and will concentrate on general
knowledge.
Candidates will be intimated of the exact venue, date and time of
the written test by means of the “Admit Card”, which candidates
must bring with them to the test centres as proof of identity.
Candidates without the Admit Card may not be permitted to
write the examination.
Candidates must report at the test centre at least 15 minutes
before the starting time.
RESULTS
Successful candidates will be required to appear for an interview
in Kottayam at their own expense. Test results will be intimated to successful candidates at the conclusion
of the interviews and posted on the MASCOM website.
CHECKLIST FOR APPLICATION
Ensure the following while fi lling the application form:
- Write legibly in BLOCK LETTERS in your own hadwriting
- Affix a recent passport size colour photograph
Indicate clearly your 1st and 2nd choices of examination
centres.
- Affix signature in black or blue ink
- Fill up both copies of the Admit Card and affi x
passport size photographs.
- Superscribe “MASCOM Application” clearly on the envelope.
- Do NOT submit original proof of age or degree certifi cate
or mark list along with the application. Originals of these
documents are required to be produced only at the time of
interview.
PAYMENTS
All payments to MASCOM shall be by means of Demand Draft (DD)
drawn in favour of MASCOM and payable at Kottayam.
BOARDING AND LODGING
Admitted students will be accommodated in comfortable, furnished
quarters arranged by MASCOM at reasonable rent and they can avail of meals provided in the MASCOM canteen at
subsidised rates.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. A candidate who is a full-time employee or a student in another course
shall not be eligible for admission.
2. MASCOM reserves the right to cancel a candidate’s admission if it
proved that:
a. The candidate submitted false documents or cheated in the entrance
test.
b. The candidate has a criminal record that became known only later.
3. MASCOM reserves the right to cancel any test centre and to assign
the candidate to another centre.
4. The decision of the MASCOM Admissions Committee concerning
the selection of a candidate will be fi nal and binding.
5. MASCOM reserves the right to reject any application found incomplete
or otherwise defi cient.
6. MASCOM reserves the right to make changes to one or more of the
regulations listed above.
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