Common Engineering Entrance Exam will have elements of IIT JEE also
It seems the IITs have agreed to join the HRD Ministry’s bid to have a national common engineering entrance examination for all engineering colleges in the country. This only happened after there was an agreement that several elements of IIT-JEE will be part of the new All India common examination for Engineering Admissions, reports HT
The report is that the Ministry of HRD will soon call a meeting of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council to stamp a decision to merge the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
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Just a little before Sunday’s IIT-JEE, IIT Kanpur have gone back on their promise to put up the correct answers to the questions on the exam website within two to three days of the test.
IIT Kanpur, which is conducting the exam this year, has issued a press release saying the correct answers would be uploaded on the JEE website after May 15.
IIT Kanpur director S.G. Dhande, at a news conference on March 26, had announced that the correct answers would be displayed on the JEE site within 48 to 72 hours of the examination.
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Over 1.13 Girls Taking IIT JEE in 2011
This year, the number of girl candidates is appearing more for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) exam which is going to be conducted by IIT- Kanpur in 2011.
1.13 lakh girl candidates are going to appear in the exam next year out of 4.85 lakh candidates. If we see the last years result, the number of girl aspirants were only 24 percent, which is now 28 percent. The report has given by IIT-K Director Govind Dhande.
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IIT JEE 2011 Pattern to remain unchanged
IIT aspirants are relieved following the decision to keep the IIT-JEE exam pattern unchanged for the next academic year. The IIT-JEE reforms committee appointed by the union ministry of human resource development had recommended 70 per cent weightage for Class XII (Intermediate) marks in the JEE.
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IIT Admission on basis on Class 12 Marks alongwith an Aptitude Test
Kapil Sibal, Union HRD Minister announced major changes in the admission process to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology.
Sibal said that marks obtained by a student in Class 12 along with an aptitude test would decide admissions into IITs and other engineering colleges. He said that modalities were still being worked out to make the changes in the admission process and no time frame has been set for implementing the new proposals.
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Delhi High Court sends notice to IITs to explain Selection Process
The 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Ministry of HRD have been served a notice by the Delhi High Court to clarify the selection process through the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by IITs, reports Zee News
A Case was Filed by Professor Rajeev Kumar from IIT Kharagpur. The Professor feels that the IIT-JEE Selection Process is a fraud. He strongly feels that the IIT JEE in its current format is not transparent. No one is aware as to how they select candidates.
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Eligibility Norms for IIT Admission Test (IITJEE) may get tougher
To minimise competition and also to ensure non serious students for not applying for IIT JEE and to keep the IIT JEE Coaching industry in check, the four member committee, set up by the ministry of HRD, is working on possible ways. One such thing being considered by the committee is increasing weightage of board exam scores to tighten eligibility for JEE.
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Panel in place to study the possibilities of scrapping IITJEE and introducing a Common Aptitude Test
HRD Ministry has asked a panel of IIT directors to consider scrapping the forty year old IIT Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) and replacing it with a general common aptitude test, reports the Telegraph.The panel of directors, headed by IIT Kharagpur chief Damodar Acharya, was set up by HRD minister Kapil Sibal last month to examine possible JEE reforms.
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IIT JEE 2010 applicants to get Performance Cards with all India Ranking and Category Ranking
Students appearing in the next Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the IITs will not have any opportunity to either seek re-grading or retotaling.
Introducing the reforms, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) also decided to issue performance cards to the students appearing for JEE, specifying marks and the ranks secured by them in the test.
According to IIT director Surendra Kumar, the JAB discussed and decided on these issues in its meeting on August 23.
As per the decisions of the JAB, the answer paper of JEE-2010 is a machinegradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS). These sheets are scrutinised and graded with extreme care after the examination. No photocopies of the machine-gradable sheets will be made available.
Candidates will get to know their All India Ranks (AIR) and Category ranks through JEE websites on May 26, 2010. The board will also put out the answers of the questions on its website to help students make assessment of their performance.
Candidates can view their performance in IIT JEE-2010 from JEE websites from June 3, 2010.
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Sibal for 80 Percent in Class XII as Minimum eligibility for IIT JEE
The Way Our Honorable HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is going about the transformation in the Indian Education System, the word “Sibalization“ should be heard more often.
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