Possible Selection Criteria for IIT JEE 2013

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are all set to bring a new change in the pattern for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) which was conducted Every year across the country. The changed exam pattern would be followed from the year 2013. This is a combine exam of JEE and AIEEE .This is a single exam for entrance in all 13 IITs, 45 NITs, 5 IISc and Colleges under AIEEE.It is expected 150000 student appear for this exam. The new pattern of JEE might...

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Common admission test will hit rural students

The move of the joint councils of IITs, NITs and IIITs to hold a common admission examination would make it more difficult for students, especially those from rural areas where school infrastructure is poor, Super 30 founder Anand Kumar on Tuesday said.  “If there can be one test for more competitive AIIMS examination, which has fewer seats and more candidates, and IIMs, why can't there be so similar test for IITs,'' Kumar told a news agency.  ''The...

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Common entrance test for engineering, fee hike at IITs likely by 2013

The council of IITs today proposed a pan-India common entrance test for admission to engineering programmes possibly from 2013.After a five-hour meeting of the council, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, said , "We have decided there shall be one exam. Subject to the clearance of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) committee and subject to the clearance of the state ministers we will try and put that into operations from...

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Common, complicated 2-tier test for IITs, NITs and IIITs

Starting 2013, a joint entrance examination will be held for admission into the central funded engineering institutions such as IITs, NITs and IIITs. The councils of the IITs, NITs and IIITs on Monday decided to have joint entrance test for engineering colleges that come under these three councils. According to the decision taken, for the first time, the class XII examinations will count towards entrance. There will be 50 per cent weightage...

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