IITJEE 2013: Format changes finalised
Editorial Team4328|19Last Updated:05:57 pm, June 27, 2012
Only top 20 percent of students topping their board exams will be eligible to take the main exam for IITs from 2013.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s proposed format for the Common Entrance Exam replacing IIT JEE consists of two papers – a main exam and an advanced paper.
The announcement was made by the IIT council. This means that only 50,000 students will be eligible to take the advanced exam. It was learnt that this would be held on a separate day.
Sibal did not attend the meeting after claims that he wanted to curb autonomy to the IITs.
IIT faculty and alumni have been vocal in their opposition to the new exam claiming that it was forced on them and that more time was needed to understand the implications.
Both IIT faculty and alumni were also against Sibal’s decision to give 40 percent weightage to board exams stating that the differing standards in board exams would affect the quality students entering the IITs. The HRD Minister has proposed the two entrance exams will balance this.
IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur have decided to conduct their own entrance exams.
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Comments:
what will be done to students with 73% in cbse boards for their second attempt?
Politicians applied the Bristish rule " Divide and Rule" and they succeeded to a greater extent but not to the full extent. <br /> <br /> Firstly, they segregated IIT directors (Prof. Acharya, Pro. Barua, Prof. Dhande) from their IIT senate members through difference in opinions. Otherwise, I am damn sure that IIT Directors can not go against thier respective IIT senate member's view. No way, at all. <br /> <br /> Secondly, they created differences between IITs itself. For example, IIT Madras was totally in favor of the Politicians, IIT Guwahati was also but IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi were not.<br /> <br /> Thirdly, they created differences beween two eminent IIT professors, Prof. Shanghi and Prof. Baura. We sill respect Prof. Acharya, Prof. Barua and Prof.Dhande as an IIT professors but you all seem to be more interested to become politicians. Please leave IITs and join politics. The ruling government may support.
i think they have finalised the decision of 20 percentile today at 6 am.<br /> so its a bad luck for studenrts.
so wat is d required % for iit plz can any one tell me ..... n really this whole format sucks .... n i promise if ever i caught the HRD minister i would kill him ....... still all d students r not cleared about d format when would they start studing u fucking HRD
pattern of jee mains and advanced ??????????????
min. percentage required in class 12 cbse board for iitjee 2013
What abou repeaters????<br /> This formula should be apply after 2013 i.e 2014
what will done with passout student who scored about just 60% as the 2012 rule
What will be the syllabus of Main's examination...?and also plz clarify if it is Top 20 percent or 20 percentile of various Boards.
* However, only students who come in among the top 20 percent scorers in their respective board will be considered eligible for the IITs. <br /> what's this plzzzz explain clearly...........dose the one who are in the top 20 percent list will directly appear for the advance test or will give the main exam first and will give advance........ yet confused.....................