Soon in IIT-JEE 40% weightage will be given to Class 12th scores

Posted Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:48:12 -0000

Soon a common aptitude-cum-advance knowledge test will replace the prestigious IIT-JEE and AIEEE exams. In this new common exam the government is planning to give 60% weightage to entrance exam scores and 40% to 12thclass scores. Entrance exam scores and 12th class scores will decide your chances of getting admission in prestigious IITs and NITs of the country.

The format of the exam will be similar to SAT test, and the exam is likely to be conducted online from 2014. The authorities are thinking to conduct this exam twice a year. The pen-paper pattern exam will stay on until the online pattern stabilises.

NIT council and IITs are willing to accept this new test format and will give their formal approval in a combined meeting which will be held later in this month. The ministry has been working on this project for more than a year and the main purpose of this whole practice is to reduce the stress of students, and make school education more important.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is thinking to forward this proposal to Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) to help in developing acceptability for the common entrance test among different states.

A source said, "The common entrance exam will have two elements - simple aptitude testing to assess scholastic levels, and an advanced section which a student can choose to either continue with or skip."

The source further added, "This test will essentially produce only scorecards for each student, and the concerned institute will then decide how will it use the 60 percent weightage - let's say, an IIT can rely more on scores achieved on the advanced level section than on aptitude. It could be a 30-30 aptitude-advanced knowledge format for IITs and 40-20 for NITs."

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