Common Entrance Examination for all central universities, says HRD Ministry
Union Ministry of HRD has decided to implement a common entrance examination for all the central universities in India to secure fair admission for students across the universities.
In what is considered as an attempt to ease
the burden surrounding the high cut-offs in university admission across various
colleges in the country, the HRD Ministry has embarked on a mission to
implement a new common entrance test for all central universities. With the
implementation of a common entrance examination, students seeking university
admission will get equal opportunities despite the differences in the
qualifying scores of the students.
Scores of students are exempted from being
admitted to colleges in their desired subjects due to the extreme cut-offs set
by the colleges. Many colleges set 100 per cent cut-off for popular subjects such
as economics, mathematics and history, which had in fact prevented several
talented students from getting admission by a margin.
The Union Ministry of HRD has decided to
convene meeting on October 6 with the central universities regarding the
implementation of the new admission procedure for colleges.
"A number of issues have been brought to
our notice, including the common entrance test. We will draw up the agenda of
the meeting soon," said HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Agendas to be discussed:
- Besides discussing with vice-chancellors from central universities about the implementation of common entrance test, the issues pertaining the shortage of staffs would also be identified
- The problems surrounding the disparity of awarding marks would be identified as some universities are quite lenient in marking students, which had drawn a huge gap among the students seeking admission in Delhi
- 129 seats of the 188 in the Shri Ram College of Commerce went to students from Tamil Nadu as universities in Tamil Nadu are quite generous in awarding marks to students
- Of the 129 students who enrolled in Shri Ram College this year, 33 of them were from one particular school
- The common entrance examination would do justice to students securing admission across the universities
"There are complaints about students
having an advantage in getting admission through the cutoff system because of
lenient marking from state boards รข€¦ a common test will also do away with
students' travel expenses, as they need not visit different places seeking
admission," said one HRD official, as
published in HT.
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Dinesh
Singh, while speaking about the common entrance examination, remarked that any
entrance examination is competitive and it will elevate the burden of students
applying in various colleges across the universities along with the pressure of
another exam right after the 12th exam examination.
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