(News) Bar on non-serious students in IIT test

Bar on non-serious students in IIT test

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) system for admission to IITs is likely to be overhauled, as these premier educational institutions are keen to reduce the number of aspirants appearing for the test. A four-member committee set up by the human resource development (HRD) ministry to suggest reforms in IIT-JEE is working to ensure that nonserious students are not allowed to appear for the test.

The committee, headed by IIT-Kharagpur director professor Damodar Acharya, is working out the formula based on which competition could be limited to a smaller group of students that is really serious and has the potential.

IIT-Madras director professor M.S. Ananth said: "At present, about 4 lakh students apply for the JEE for admission to 15 IITs that have about 10,000 seats. This means about 40 students are competing for one seat in these prestigious institutions.

The idea is to reduce the competition to 10 students for one seat. Those who are really serious should only apply."

The committee is looking at various options, including raising the eligibility cut-off, to restrict the number of applications. It is also looking to give greater weightage to Class XII marks while preparing the cut-off list for admission to the IITs.

Sources said the percentile system might not be a workable option as different boards across the country have different percentage criteria.

"Percentages and percentiles cannot be collated," the source added.

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