Under
the new scheme, all aspirants will have to give two exams — JEE main
and JEE advanced — to be held on the same day. The aspirant's set of
scores will decide whether he or she will be eligible for admission to
the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), centrally funded
institutions like NITs (An earlier version of this story mistakenly
described National Institutes of Technology, or NITs, as NIITs. We
regret the error and thank our readers for pointing it out.) or IIITs or
state-funded institutions.
For
admission to IITs, students will be shortlisted on the basis of their
cumulative score for Class XII and the main test (50% weightage each).
The merit list for the elite institutes will be decided on the
candidate's performance in the advanced test.
The
weightage for admission to other institutions will vary. For centrally
funded institutions which include NITs and IIITs, it will be 40% for
Class XII board, 30% for the main test and another 30% for the advanced
test: a format that IITs have also agreed to follow from 2015.
States
will have to fix weightage for admission to institutions they govern.
Class XII marks will be standardized on percentile basis by a formula
worked out by the Indian Statistical Institute.
While
the main test shall be multiple choice type paper, the nature and
modalities of the JEE advanced test shall be determined by the Joint
Admission Board (JAB) of the IITs.
For
students who have appeared for Class XII board in 2012, the council has
decided that they may be allowed to sit for the board exam again if
they would like to improve their performance in order to benefit from
the new format which factors in their performance at the school level.
CBSE and state boards will be asked to make appropriate arrangements.
The
decision, after two years of consultations and deliberations, was taken
in a meeting with the joint councils of IITs, NITs and IIITs.
The
All India IIT Federation submitted a dissent note at the meeting,
continuing with their insistence that the exam be postponed till 2014
and Class XII be given a maximum of 40% weightage.
Elaborating
on the decision, HRD minister Kapil Sibal admitted to "resistance''
from the IIT system, but said the council had secured an agreement by
conceding their two main demands. As insisted by the IIT Senate and
Federation, they will continue to have academic control over the exam
including paper-setting, evaluation and preparation of merit list. Their
demand that the main exam scores be used in addition to the board exam
to shortlist eligible students was also accepted.
In
turn, Sibal managed to get the IIT Council to agree to introduction of
the common entrance test next year instead of 2014 as demanded by the
IIT Senate and Federation. The minister told reporters that states like
Haryana, Maharashtra and Gujarat had already agreed to adopt the new
format. An education ministers' meeting on June 5 will be crucial to
gauge interest among states who will have the freedom to decide their
own weightages within the format.
Stressing
that this will reduce mental and financial burden among aspirants,
Sibal said the new system would ensure better results in schools and cut
down dependence on coaching institutes.
Even
as the process of selection to the IITs would be different then other
institutes, Professor Sanjay Dhande, Director of IIT Kanpur said the
counselling to IITs and other institutes will be done jointly and
allotment of seats will be done together.
Sibal
made it clear that JAB of the IIT system would have complete control on
matters such as paper setting, evaluation and preparation of merit list
over the advanced test while CBSE will provide administrative support
for conduct of the examination.
For
conduct of the main examination, an expanded joint admission board will
be constituted including the NIT, other centrally funded institutes and
state government representatives.
Source :TOI
