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.