Like NEET, govt plans one engg exam from 2018
NEW DELHI: The government is considering conducting a single entrance
examination for admission to all engineering colleges, including private
institutions, across the country.
The test, pending clearance, could kick in from the 2018 academic session. It will be on the lines of the national eligibilitycum-entrance exam (NEET) that tests students seeking entry into medical colleges, sources in the human resource development (HRD) ministry said.
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar backs the move.
The test, pending clearance, could kick in from the 2018 academic session. It will be on the lines of the national eligibilitycum-entrance exam (NEET) that tests students seeking entry into medical colleges, sources in the human resource development (HRD) ministry said.
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar backs the move.
The proposed joint entrance examination (JEE) for engineering
colleges is aimed at bringing transparency to the admission procedure,
including checking a dishonest practice of making students pay a heavy
capitation fee in private institutions.
“The aim is to make the process more transparent, standardised, and free of corruption and commercialisation,” a government official said.India has more than 3,300 approved engineering colleges affiliated to universities, with an annual approved intake of above 1.6 million students. But only about half of the seats are filled.
“The aim is to make the process more transparent, standardised, and free of corruption and commercialisation,” a government official said.India has more than 3,300 approved engineering colleges affiliated to universities, with an annual approved intake of above 1.6 million students. But only about half of the seats are filled.
The current admission process at the graduation level is dependent on performance in entrance examinations conducted by various agencies.
“The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts the JEE-Main
for centre-funded institutions. More than 1.3 million students write
this examination every year.
The top-rankers from JEEMain are eligible to write the JEE-Advanced for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). This apart, a number of states conduct their own admission test. Others grant admission based on marks obtained in class 12.
Several private colleges have their individual entrance examinations. But “some of them, which are self-financed, charge high fees or sell seats in the name of management or NRI quota at a premium”, a source said. Only a handful of students crack the tough exams set for top colleges such as the IITs, leaving thousands of aspiring engineers to dash for private institutions, many of which are notorious teaching shops.
These colleges have become a magnet for mostly middleclass families in a country where an engineering degree is considered a ticket to a lifetime of fat pay cheques or jobs in the US.
The top-rankers from JEEMain are eligible to write the JEE-Advanced for the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). This apart, a number of states conduct their own admission test. Others grant admission based on marks obtained in class 12.
Several private colleges have their individual entrance examinations. But “some of them, which are self-financed, charge high fees or sell seats in the name of management or NRI quota at a premium”, a source said. Only a handful of students crack the tough exams set for top colleges such as the IITs, leaving thousands of aspiring engineers to dash for private institutions, many of which are notorious teaching shops.
These colleges have become a magnet for mostly middleclass families in a country where an engineering degree is considered a ticket to a lifetime of fat pay cheques or jobs in the US.
Some of the private colleges admit students without basic talent
and aptitude for engineering, affecting overall quality, the source
said.
Of the 737,000 graduates in 2014-15, only half found employment. Most of the students didn’t meet expectations of companies offering jobs.
The proposal for a single, nationwide test is viewed as an attempt to streamline the dysfunctional education system. It was discussed at a recent meeting of officials from the HRD ministry and the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the regulator for engineering colleges.
The council will issue regulations for the examination. Issues such as the number of times the examination would be conducted in a year and the minimum qualification marks are yet to be worked out.
A source said the AICTE is planning to conduct webbased counselling sessions for admissions to engineering colleges based on students’ allIndia ranking obtained in the entrance examination.
“States would be invited to join the counselling process to fill the seats in colleges under their jurisdiction,” the source said.
The states will be able to prescribe their admission criteria, apart from the score in the entrance test. The JEE score will, however, be the minimum eligibility criteria, the source said.
23 Dec 2016 | Mumbai |Neelam Pandey neelam.pandey@hindustantimes.com
Of the 737,000 graduates in 2014-15, only half found employment. Most of the students didn’t meet expectations of companies offering jobs.
The proposal for a single, nationwide test is viewed as an attempt to streamline the dysfunctional education system. It was discussed at a recent meeting of officials from the HRD ministry and the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the regulator for engineering colleges.
The council will issue regulations for the examination. Issues such as the number of times the examination would be conducted in a year and the minimum qualification marks are yet to be worked out.
A source said the AICTE is planning to conduct webbased counselling sessions for admissions to engineering colleges based on students’ allIndia ranking obtained in the entrance examination.
“States would be invited to join the counselling process to fill the seats in colleges under their jurisdiction,” the source said.
The states will be able to prescribe their admission criteria, apart from the score in the entrance test. The JEE score will, however, be the minimum eligibility criteria, the source said.
23 Dec 2016 | Mumbai |Neelam Pandey neelam.pandey@hindustantimes.com
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