Deemed universities to adopt the new JEE
Close to 130 representatives of deemed universities in India agreed to adopt the new JEE for admission to their undergraduate engineering courses during a meeting with HRD minister Kapil Sibal. Engineering aspirants looking to join these universities will not have to appear for the Advance exam. The universities will have the liberty to choose the weightage they want to assign to Class XII board marks normalised on the basis of percentiles - with the minimum weightage being 40 per cent. Sibal has also said that the universities may choose to give 100 per cent weightage to Class XII board marks, if they so desire. Read more
At present, deemed universities do not follow a unanimous pattern for admission. Some use AIEEE scores, others may use state JEE results, while others conduct their own entrance exams. Following a common entrance exam will mean a drastic cut in the multiplicity of exams and streamlining the admission process.
Struggling with IITs admission row, the ministry has been cautious this time and has asked the universities to send in formal response to its proposal. It has also assured the universities that if they have any concerns, they will be resolved in subsequent meetings. See details
