Friday, 24 February 2012

IITs set Exam papers for ISEET 2013

Kapil Sibal in a conference with state ministers said that the prestigious IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) of the country will prepare questions papers for the ISEET (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test) for next year. This is the first time when the government has decided to hold a common entrance test for all IITs, NITs of the country rather than conducting individual tests for them. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will take care of management and also conduct the entrance test.
HRD Ministry want to replace the existing exam AIEEE and IIT-JEE by ISEET. Both the exams are conducted by CBSE for engineering college admission. JEE exam is conducted by IITs for UG and Integrated PG engineering courses for admission in IITs only. This aspiring exam is going to replace all state level entrance exams too for engineering courses.
The ISEET 2013 will be held in two phases: Main exam and advance examination. IITs and other Central Educational Institutions were also proposing to accept a weightage of 40% for state Board marks.
Some states are not happy with this change and not willing to accept this exam. They said that states conduct the exam in regional language, but this ISEET exam will be held only in Hindi or in English. This will create problem for those students who do not know both the languages. The States of Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry and West Bengal asked for some more time to study the proposal in detail. However, the ministry want to reach up to some conclusion over this proposal within two months.

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