The Union Minister for Human Resources Development has recently proposed that the minimum marks to be eligible for IIT entrance examinations would be increased to 80 percent. At present it is 60 percent in the intermediate or class XII examination. This proposal goes against the interests of the rural students who find it difficult to get such a score in the intermediate due to lack of infrastructure including teachers. Infact, several students despite such adversities fair well in the entrance examinations. There is no proven correlation to show that high marks in the intermediate or XII has any thing to do with the students’ performance at the entrance examinations.
The Union Minister for Human Resources Development has recently proposed that the minimum marks to be eligible for IIT entrance examinations would be increased to 80 percent. At present it is 60 percent in the intermediate or class XII examination. The minister said that this change is required to stop the money minting business of the coaching centers. The admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology is based on a Joint Entrance Examination. Several other institutions of All India repute also base their admissions on this examination.
This proposal goes against the interests of the rural students who find it difficult to get such a score in the intermediate due to lack of infrastructure including teachers. Infact, several students despite such adversities fair well in the entrance examinations. There is no proven correlation to show that high marks in the intermediate or XII has any thing to do with the students’ performance at the entrance examinations.
There is a distinct difference in the pattern of examination in the intermediate and IIT examination. While intermediate or XII examinations primarily test the students information levels, the entrance examination for IIT test the students’ conceptual skills. Therefore preparation differs. Now, the student has to bother about only getting such a high score at Intermediate level, he or she can not concentrate on the conceptual skills.
The minister’s proposal will not stop the money minting activity of the coaching centers. Infact, these teaching shops would now extend their operation to the Intermediate too. Already, in states like Andhra Pradesh, intermediate education has already been captured by the corporate sector that has long been specialized in getting their students high scores.
Many students, infact, get IIT seats at the second attempt. These students who want to improve their ability despite less score at intermediate level will be deprived of doing so. The proposal to increase the minimum eligibility marks would create additional unnecessary pressure on the students who are already subjected to torturous education and strengthen the stranglehold of corporate colleges on intermediate education.
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