Govt panel moots one test for all engineering institutes
A committee appointed by the government has recommended a single entrance examination for all engineering institutes after Class 12, replacing the multiple tests given currently, including the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).
Scores of this test, along with marks of the Class 12 Board exam, should be used to develop an index of scholastic level, the committee, headed by T Ramasami, secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), has recommended.
Public opinion will be built over the next few months, and the proposal will be taken forward after a consensus is reached on feasibility and methodology. The exercise is likely to be complete by September.
The committee is learnt to have proposed several formulae for collating scores of the Board exam and the new test. It is acknowledged that Boards vary widely in curricula, systems of marking and declaration of results — these differences would be factored in. The formulae will be put on a website.
The new test will match the rigour of JEE, sources said. The proposal is yet to be approved of by all IIT directors; there is, however, agreement on the need to do away with multiple entrance exams and give due importance to the Boards.
Acceptance of the Ramasami committee’s proposal will mark the formal rejection of the report of the IIT JEE review committee, which last year recommended replacing JEE with 70:30 weightage to Class 12 and an all-India aptitude test scores — plus an add-on test specifically for IIT aspirants.
Incidentally, the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today declared that “entrance examinations have become a menace”, and the IIT entrance test has “had a negative effect on young minds”. A single entrance test for admission to medical courses — National Eligibility Entrance Examination (NEET) — is proposed to be introduced from next year.
Scores of this test, along with marks of the Class 12 Board exam, should be used to develop an index of scholastic level, the committee, headed by T Ramasami, secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), has recommended.
Public opinion will be built over the next few months, and the proposal will be taken forward after a consensus is reached on feasibility and methodology. The exercise is likely to be complete by September.
The committee is learnt to have proposed several formulae for collating scores of the Board exam and the new test. It is acknowledged that Boards vary widely in curricula, systems of marking and declaration of results — these differences would be factored in. The formulae will be put on a website.
The new test will match the rigour of JEE, sources said. The proposal is yet to be approved of by all IIT directors; there is, however, agreement on the need to do away with multiple entrance exams and give due importance to the Boards.
Acceptance of the Ramasami committee’s proposal will mark the formal rejection of the report of the IIT JEE review committee, which last year recommended replacing JEE with 70:30 weightage to Class 12 and an all-India aptitude test scores — plus an add-on test specifically for IIT aspirants.
Incidentally, the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister today declared that “entrance examinations have become a menace”, and the IIT entrance test has “had a negative effect on young minds”. A single entrance test for admission to medical courses — National Eligibility Entrance Examination (NEET) — is proposed to be introduced from next year.
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