IIT Kanpur Vs Sibal: Plans Separate Exams from 2013

[Rajaraja Chola]

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New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur on Friday rejected Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test' proposal and has decided to conduct its own entrance test for undergraduate programmes from 2013. The decision was taken at a meeting of the institute's 210-member senate.
Upset with no action on their demand to recall the decision on a common engineering entrance test, IIT Kanpur has gone on a warpath.
IIT Kanpur Professor AK Chaturvedi said, "Hopes of lakhs of students each year rest on these exams. So the government shouldn't take it lightly. The decision on JEE should be taken after proper research and figures are taken into account."
Terming it as a very important development, IIT-Delhi alumni president Somnath ****** said "other senates are likely to follow the suit".
The Senate of IIT Kanpur said that the recent IIT Council proposal on admissions to IITs is "academically and methodically unsound and in violation of the Institutes of Technology Act (1961) and IIT Kanpur Ordinances (Ordinance 3.2 (Admissions)".
"....the Senate resolves that IIT Kanpur will conduct the entrance examination for admissions to its undergraduate programmes in 2013," it said.
The decision came days after government rejected criticism of the decision to have a common IIT-JEE examination from 2013.
Sibal had claimed that it was approved without dissent at the IIT Council meeting and had the backing of the senates of four of the seven Indian Institutes of Technology.
He had maintained that he had categorically stated at the IIT council meeting that if "there is a single dissent" he will not go ahead with the proposal.
"The council consists of the IITs, the IIITs and the NITs. There was not a single dissent. It was unanimously adopted. Therefore, I went forward," the Minister had said.
Last month, Sibal had announced that from 2013, aspiring candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to sit under new a format of common entrance test which will also take plus two board results into consideration.
IIT Kanpur defies Kapil Sibal, to have own exam from 2013 - India - Education - ibnlive

IIT-Kanpur defies Sibal, plans its own entrance exam

IIT-Kanpur has decided to go its own way on how it picks students from the next academic year. The institute Friday shot down the IIT council's proposal of a common entrance test for all centrally-funded engineering institutes and announced its own exam. A resolution to this related stories IIT just won't work effect was passed unanimously at IIT-Kanpur's special senate meeting attended by around 80 members. The admission committee for the exam would be announced shortly.

In the interest of students, we have decided to hold a separate exam. We will not be part of the joint test proposed by the IIT council in 2013," said Dr YN Mohapatra, spokesperson, IIT-Kanpur senate, adding that the rules gave IIT senates the right to decide their admission process and syllabi.

While Dr Mohapatra invited other IITs to follow in Kanpur's footsteps, there was no immediate support. IIT-Bombay director Devang Khakhar said there were no plans of holding a separate test like Kanpur.

"We will go with the decision of our own senate on the issue," said IIT-Delhi director RK Shevgaonkar.

HRD minister Kapil Sibal could not be reached for comment.

If the move comes about, this would be the first time an IIT would not be a part of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). The IIT-Kanpur Students' Forum had criticised the single entrance test format for all engineering admissions, saying it would put students under greater stress.

IIT-Kanpur defies Sibal, plans its own entrance exam - Hindustan Times

[Roybot]

This is non sense proposal from Sibal. 50% weightage goes to year 12 board results, which is very unfair. In some state boards its very hard to go over 85%, at the same time CBSE and ISC boards you can score upto 98-99% marks. State board students will be disadvantaged.

P.S: Not really a world affairs material?

[Markus]

IIT's churn out India's best engineering talent. Nothing should be done that either dilutes or makes life difficult for students in particular regions to get entry as all Indian states are diff and have diff state level boards.

IIT Kanpur has done the right thing.

[harpoon]

This is non sense proposal from Sibal. 50% weightage goes to year 12 board results, which is very unfair. In some state boards its very hard to go over 85%, at the same time CBSE and ISC boards you can score upto 98-99% marks. State board students will be disadvantaged.

P.S: Not really a world affairs material?

I once heard a joke that even Einstein cannot come come up with a formula to equalize all State & Central board results.

[Rajaraja Chola]

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This is non sense proposal from Sibal. 50% weightage goes to year 12 board results, which is very unfair. In some state boards its very hard to go over 85%, at the same time CBSE and ISC boards you can score upto 98-99% marks. State board students will be disadvantaged.

P.S: Not really a world affairs material?

Well the last thread about IIT was posted in indian defence forum... I thot it would be better to open one here instead of there..

IIT's churn out India's best engineering talent. Nothing should be done that either dilutes or makes life difficult for students in particular regions to get entry as all Indian states are diff and have diff state level boards.

IIT Kanpur has done the right thing.

They already diluted by bringing quota into IITs!! Actually States support this for political gains... Obviouisly the central is also playing politics...