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Centre mulls over single entrance test for engg courses
The Centre is mulling over a single entrance test for admissions to engineering colleges across the country, buoyed by its experience with the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Examination (NEET) for admissions to medical and dental colleges following an order of the Supreme Court.
“We are considering JEE (joint entrance examination) for admissions to all technical institutes. It is in a preliminary stage and being discussed,” a top HRD Ministry official said.
The Ministry will hold consultation with the stakeholders, including the States, he added.
“The NEET is already being conducted for admissions to medical colleges. We are now considering whether a single entrance test is feasible for admissions to all engineering colleges, keeping students’ interest in mind,” he said.
The JEE is currently conducted in two parts—JEE (Main) and JEE (Advance). The HRD Ministry, however, has decided not to continue with 40 % weightage given to students’ class XII board exam marks in the nationwide test from 2017. A joint committee of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) had disfavoured it.
The students’ scores in the board examination will remain a “crucial parameter” for determining their eligibility to write the nationwide test, it said, announcing the changes made to the JEE scheme few months back.
“For candidates to qualify for the JEE examination, they shall have secured at least 75 % marks or be in the top 20 percentile in the Class XII examination conducted by respective Boards,” it said.
Students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be eligible to take the nationwide test if they secure 65 % marks in the Class XII board examination.
A standing committee of the IITs has recommended that the JEE-Main be replaced by an Engineering Aptitude Test from next year. The Centre tried to introduce ‘one nation, one entrance’ for admission to engineering colleges under the previous UPA regime but did not succeed.
“We are considering JEE (joint entrance examination) for admissions to all technical institutes. It is in a preliminary stage and being discussed,” a top HRD Ministry official said.
The Ministry will hold consultation with the stakeholders, including the States, he added.
“The NEET is already being conducted for admissions to medical colleges. We are now considering whether a single entrance test is feasible for admissions to all engineering colleges, keeping students’ interest in mind,” he said.
The JEE is currently conducted in two parts—JEE (Main) and JEE (Advance). The HRD Ministry, however, has decided not to continue with 40 % weightage given to students’ class XII board exam marks in the nationwide test from 2017. A joint committee of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) had disfavoured it.
The students’ scores in the board examination will remain a “crucial parameter” for determining their eligibility to write the nationwide test, it said, announcing the changes made to the JEE scheme few months back.
“For candidates to qualify for the JEE examination, they shall have secured at least 75 % marks or be in the top 20 percentile in the Class XII examination conducted by respective Boards,” it said.
Students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be eligible to take the nationwide test if they secure 65 % marks in the Class XII board examination.
A standing committee of the IITs has recommended that the JEE-Main be replaced by an Engineering Aptitude Test from next year. The Centre tried to introduce ‘one nation, one entrance’ for admission to engineering colleges under the previous UPA regime but did not succeed.
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(Published 21 October 2016, 21:01 IST)
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