IIT turns down CBSE proposal to have two main JEE examinations
The IIT apex body on Tuesday turned down the CBSE's proposal of conducting two mains for the upcoming IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
The CBSE board, which conducts the JEE-Mains, had prepared a proposal for two main tests to be held in 2014, one in February and one in April.
The members of the apex body agreed that two exams would increase the amount of stress on the students who will also be taking their board exams in February.
"The exams have to be student-friendly. If the students are given a choice of two exams, then all of them will obviously take both of them" said one of the senior IIT officials.
While this decision will be welcomed by IIT aspirants, it will disappoint those who were hoping to get two attempts to get into engineering institutes such as National Institute of Technologies NITs and International Institute of Information Technology (IIITs).
"There is so much pressure to do well in just one paper. I think two exams would be better," said Nishad Bapat-Dhar from KC College, while speaking to Mirror.
Although the official announcement is yet to be made, the tentative date for the written exam in 2014 has been set for April 6. Maintaining the mixed format, the first of the two-tier format introduced this year, the JEE Mains will be conducted online on dates between April 8 and April 28.
The CBSE board, which conducts the JEE-Mains, had prepared a proposal for two main tests to be held in 2014, one in February and one in April.
The members of the apex body agreed that two exams would increase the amount of stress on the students who will also be taking their board exams in February.
"The exams have to be student-friendly. If the students are given a choice of two exams, then all of them will obviously take both of them" said one of the senior IIT officials.
While this decision will be welcomed by IIT aspirants, it will disappoint those who were hoping to get two attempts to get into engineering institutes such as National Institute of Technologies NITs and International Institute of Information Technology (IIITs).
"There is so much pressure to do well in just one paper. I think two exams would be better," said Nishad Bapat-Dhar from KC College, while speaking to Mirror.
Although the official announcement is yet to be made, the tentative date for the written exam in 2014 has been set for April 6. Maintaining the mixed format, the first of the two-tier format introduced this year, the JEE Mains will be conducted online on dates between April 8 and April 28.
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