Common admisson test for all courses: Kapil Sibal

The Human Resource Development Ministry may soon introduce a single entrance examination system for admission into all professional educational institutes like engineering and medical colleges in the country.

"By 2013 we should have in place a common system for common admission into professional institutions in the country," said Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal addressing a meeting of the Council of School Board of Education (COBSE). "Efforts will be put to hold an All-India national test in Science and commerce from 2013. This will smoothen the admission process into engineering, medical, economics and commerce courses."


The HRD Minister further said that the all-India level entrance test will be on the lines of SIT in the U.S. At the meeting, the COBSE said that it has prepared a core-curriculum for senior secondary classes in science and mathematics subjects.

"There is 90 percent census among the school boards on the core-curriculum prepared on science and mathematics," Sibal said. A similar core curriculum is to be prepared in commerce in three months. Welcoming the move, Bihar School Education Board Chairman A.K.P. Yadav told IANS, "This will bring all students from the country on a single platform - to study a similar course and compete in examinations like IITs and medical entrance."

Sibal has been in touch with state boards for the last five months to devise a common course in schools.

Source: http://www.siliconindia.com

Date: 17th Feb., 2010

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