IIT JEE 2013: Older alumni reject common exam
Editorial Team551|7Last Updated:11:40 am, April 13, 2012
Results of an online poll conducted by IIT Bombay alumni revealed that a greater percentage of older alumni oppose a common entrance test than alumni who are younger.
Both old and new alumni at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) agreed with their faculty’s decision not to support the new common entrance test.
IIT Bombay’s Alumni Association (IITBAA) had conducted an online poll where over 1824 people had taken part. The results for the poll were published in the alumni magazine, Fundamatics.
The results showed that 77 percent of older alumni were against replacing IITJEE with a common entrance exam compared to 61 percent of younger alumni.
A total of 78 percent of those surveyed said they did not agree with the HRD Ministry’s decision to give 40 percent weightage to Class 12 board exams.
A meeting with Kapil Sibal, senior HRD officials, IIT directors and faculty on April 11, 2012 on replacing IITJEE by a common entrance exam turned out to be inclusive with faculty members stating they needed more time to review and discuss the implications of the change. IIT directors are in agreement with Sibal over the introduction of a common entrance exam.
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IIT-JEE ( 3x2=6hours),,,SIBAL SAHIB IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, FIRST TIME A GOOD (PERSON) MINISTER IS DOING A VERY GOOD WORK//JOB, BUT VERY SORRY TO SAY THAT A GROUP OF COACHING CENTRES WITH THE HELP OF IIT ALUMI IS TRYING TO STOP SIBAL SAHIB TO DO A GOOD JOB. BAD LUCK FOR THE COUNTRY.<br /> SIBAL SAHIB, YOU NEED NOT WORRY. <br /> <br /> IIT-JEE ( 3x2=6hours) MUST BE FULLY///COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE WITHOUT THE OPTIONS OF ASWERS
IIT-JEE ( 3x2=6hours),,,SIBAL SAHIB IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, FIRST TIME A GOOD (PERSON) MINISTER IS DOING A VERY GOOD WORK//JOB, BUT VERY SORRY TO SAY THAT A GROUP OF COACHING CENTRES WITH THE HELP OF IIT ALUMI IS TRYING TO STOP SIBAL SAHIB TO DO A GOOD JOB. BAD LUCK FOR THE COUNTRY.<br /> SIBAL SAHIB, YOU NEED NOT WORRY. <br /> <br /> IIT-JEE ( 3x2=6hours) MUST BE FULLY///COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE WITHOUT THE OPTIONS OF ASWERS
Alumni and faculty are totally right. Things have to change for the better not make it worse. Why this weightage? There are so many boards and different ways of marking etc, its not uniform. Let them make it one board for the whole country first.
Isse sahi tarah se talanted samne nahi aa payenge
I totally agree with this view.New system will spoil the IIT image. Mass copying will take place in some parts of country depriving the right candidate to take admission.