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New IIT entrance format to get brighter students: Sibal
Friday February 24, 2012 07:46:04 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The new
format of exams for entrance to the Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs) will ensure brighter students getting through to
the prestigious institutions, Human Resource Development Minister
Kapil Sibal said Friday.
Speaking at a function in IIT-Delhi, Sibal said the new system
will not replace the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) as speculated, and
will give weightage to school board marks.
"School board exam marks (Class 12) will be given weightage, which
will be 40 percent," Sibal said adding that with the coaching
system dominating, students were ignoring board exams and focusing
on coaching for the JEE.
The HRD minister also informed that the exam will be held in two
parts, mains and advanced. The first part will be an aptitude
test, and the second part will check the student's "depth of
knowledge".
"IIT faculty will set the paper, and the exam will be called JEE
only," he said.
The minister said the new system will help get better students to
the premier institute.
According to a senior professor from the IIT, the new pattern may
be introduced from 2013.
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