IIt is becoming phobia through coaching shops. these shops r showing dreams to the students 4 which they r not eligible. coaching centres r looting students and there parents. so there must be strict law to close the coaching shops. coaching shops r spoiling life and money of child. they grabbing them and looting them. Number of student in school will be increased and they will not leave there home town till they will secure 60% marks in 12th CBSE. School education is fundamental education.m In kota for4000 IIT seats 40000 students r taking coaching . so the money of 36thousand that is 3.6 crore rupees is gone waste plus 3years valuable time of student also spoiled. due to these IIT coaching shops the JEE made horrible. Evrry student think he/she can not qualify without joining coaching shops. It means studies in12th is nothing. So Govt of india must take strong steps so the student must prefer school studies and keep away from coaching shops. In Kota every year there is so much stress on studentsthat take step towards soucide. Coaching shops r nothing just AIRCONDITIONED CLASS ROOMS .when a student could not qualify the JEE in 1st chance coaching shops grab the student.
I think introducing 60% cut off is of little use because any student who even thinks of IIT has >80% marks. There must be weightage on std. XII/inter board marks towards the entrance criteria. 30% weightage should be given to the percentile score of student in class XII (percentile = marks scored / highest marks in board). This way differences between various school boards are calibrated. English is important in life all over the world. The IITs should go back to the old system when there was a entrance test in Eng also. 70% marks are for Phy/Chem/Math/Eng entrance test. Lastly, just like there is relaxation for reserved quota, there should be priority for paid seats. About 10% seats be given to those who can pay full fees. University/IIT is a microcosm of the society we live. If "speed money" works from driving license to ration card to Tirupati darshan, what makes IITs so sacred?? There must be a balance of all socio-economic classes in IIT campuses. The present admission criteria encourage armies of nerds and hi IQ chaps to enter IITs (through cramming and coaching) while the genuinely intelligent have to take back up option like admission to American universities!
It is a good decision. The students should not neglect the XII standard. Unfortunately, BITS has also fallen a prey to this entrance fever. Earlier, the best students securing high marks in XII standard were automatically admitted in BITS. It is now through entrance and many coachin centres have started BITS coaching also. IIT should increase the marks to 75 per cent instead of 60 per cent with 5% less for SC/ST students. 60% is nothing. Other decisions are good.
it's good to do something like this.but should have been implemented by next year or so. since many aspirants have already started preparations.This really tests the intellectual talent of the student
It is a retrograde step by encouraging mediocrity. Instead of making the syllabus of std X11 match that of IIT it has brought down the syllabus of IIT to X11. It is very unfair by reducing the no of attempts and increasing the percentage cut offs as this will really hit those poor students
It would be a prudent move to take back the change and restore it back to the orginal format and make schools equip them to the challenge of JEE IIT.
as a current student of an IIT and having gone through the rigour of IIT-JEE, i feel this is an atrocious move on part of the selection commitee.for 50 years IITs have built their reputation on the toughness of IIT-JEE and the ruthless competition.now using class 12 results as a basis for selection will surely dilute the whole process.I feel in 2yrs the officials will realise their blunder and hopefully revert back to the 2 tier system...which is rather a trademark of IITs.
After a long time, IITs have realised how the lifes of many were getting spoiled due to mad rush to get into IITs. Only 3000-odd people can get admission in an year and lakhs are out there struggling for an elusive dream for 3-4 years. If they join some other engineering institute meanwhile after completing class XII, they will have better chance.
Let the sanity prevails upon the directors and they should not budge from this decision. 2 chances are enough to show one's mettle. If the aspirants are intelligent enough to get into IIT and could not do due to some unforeseen circumstances, they acn always choose some other options and can excel in it. DON'T FORGET THAT IITs ARE NOT RESERACH INSTITUTION BUT ENGG INSTITUTION. One who can do better in one applied area can very well succeed in other applied domain and examples are abound.
The same should be done with UPSC exams also. Let the mockery ends once and for all. Enough is enough. Young people should not be wasted amusing themselves that they are doing some imp work while they just rot themselves during preparations.
RE:A Rare good decision??? Nonsense!!!
by Purushottam Dayama on Sep 19, 2005 01:15 AM Permalink
If many people want to spoil there lives let them. Nobody who has have hard earned money will be in senses to throw away precious 3-4 years just to get in IIT and sit with so many juniors. On the other hand coaching classes will have double benifits to prepare for 12th Firstclass and also to IITs. Who is going to prevent that? Whereas many genuine students who will miss the 1st class in 12th will certainly be ruined for life as they can't appear to board 2nd time!!! So far many who hadn't scored 60% in board have got cleared JEE and alumni of IITs(incl. myself).
RE:A Rare good decision
by Atul Kumar on Sep 21, 2005 11:15 AM Permalink
Purushottam,
I could not clear IIT in two attempts and due to a blind pursual of the dream to get into IITs, I was not able to concentrate even on normal syllabus. This made it tough for me to compete even for other engineering colleges. Ultimately, I went on to do B.Sc.(H) and then did MCA from a reputed institute and now am earning a decent income in a bangalore IT company. Am I faring really bad? Not at all in my view. I have seen the futility of continuing beyond 2nd attempt and thanks to that,I have progressed in life.
So, think of life beyond IITs also.In any good system, there are always restrictions for attempts.The same should be the case with IITs also.Let there me some minimal regulation. If there is any problem with the borads like WB where they don't award enough marks, IITs might attempt some grading system or the WB authoritis may be forced to change the system. However, IITs are premier institute and let them decide which are the better students in their own way.
You have studied there and you are questioning your own teachers wise decision. They have seen many more batches compared to you and seen the relatice degradation and then came to this conclusion.
i think its ridicoulous. if they are changing the format . it must be from 2007 not early then that coz the students who are preparing for the 2006 batch will be affected .. in my view if you have to change the format then do it from 2007 batch not 2006
