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HRD ministry calls IIT meet on common
entrance test
Friday June 22, 2012 06:07:51 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A day
after IIT Delhi followed Kanpur's way against the proposed common
entrance test, the human resource development ministry has called
a meeting of the IIT councils to discuss the situation.
A statement on Friday from the HRD Ministry said that a meeting
will be called Wednesday in the national capital.
"The uncertainty faced by the student community, consequent to the
resolutions of the senates of IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, requires
to be addressed," the statement said.
"Consequently, a special meeting of the IIT Council is being
convened on 27.6.2012," it said.
Several Indian Institutes of Technology are opposing the proposed
common entrance test, which merges IIT Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE)
with the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) and
includes a fixed weightage for school board exams.
IIT Delhi Thursday rejected the common entrance test and decided
to hold its own entrance exam from 2013.
IIT Delhi said after its decision, that the exams would be
conducted in association with IIT Kanpur, which has also rejected
the government's single entrance test.
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