Another CET compromise formula emerges

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Updated on Jun 27, 2012 06:08 IST

IIT faculty seems to be pacified with the new CET formula which will use percentiles of board marks as an eligibility criterion for admission to the IITs.

The stiff stance of All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIIITFF) on the new Common Entrance Test (CET) has softened a bit after the Joint Admission Board (JAB) came up with a new compromise formula. The new formula will still use board marks as an eligibility criterion for admission to the IITs but instead of taking an absolute percentage cut off of 60 per cent into consideration, students falling in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards will be allowed to appear for IIT entrance exams.

IIT Directors have preferred to maintain their silence about the JAB meeting. The IIT Council will meet on June 27 to decide on the matter. IIT faculty is still in doldrums about the autonomy of IITs but if IIT Council allows IIT Senates to take the final call, they may respond positively. Read more

Meanwhile IIT Bombay's alumni association is conducting an online survey on new JEE 2013 amongst IIT-B alumni, students and faculty members. The results of the survey are still awaited. The senate meeting of IIT Bombay to decide whether it will hold its separate entrance exam like IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi or adopt the new JEE is scheduled for July 5, as of now. See details

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A similar survey conducted by IIT Delhi students earlier revealed that 93% students were opposed to the new JEE format. 87% students also believed that the course of decision-making process was not conclusive and there should have been more discussions and brainstorming sessions with IIT students, faculty members and alumni before taking the final decision. They also wanted the new format to be implemented from 2014. 78% students felt that the new JEE may lead to a decline in the quality of students getting into IITs. 44% students supported the current IIT JEE format while 52% students wanted JEE to resume its pre-2006 format, which had one objective exam for screening students and a main exam, which was subjective. Know more

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