A series of meetings
starting Saturday could break the impasse between the government and the IITs
over the implementation of the common entrance test (CET) from the next
academic session. IIT directors and JEE chairmen will meet on Saturday under
the aegis of the Joint Admission Board (JAB), while a special meeting of the
IIT Council has been convened by the HRD ministry for June 27.
The JAB will discuss the modalities of implementing the government’s May 28 decision that has caused resentment prompting Delhi and Kanpur to announce that they will be conducting their own tests. There are indications that IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur may follow their Delhi and Kanpur counterparts.
The IIT Council had announced that candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to take there-worked CET from 2013 which will also take class XII results into consideration.
The meeting assumes significance as it will precede the special meeting of IIT Council, the highest decision-making body headed by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and including directors of all the 16 IITs, called on June 27. A statement by the ministry said the special meeting has been convened after the developments on Thursday in IIT Delhi, where the Senate adopted a resolution rejecting the proposed test and deciding to conduct its own entrance exam
The JAB will discuss the modalities of implementing the government’s May 28 decision that has caused resentment prompting Delhi and Kanpur to announce that they will be conducting their own tests. There are indications that IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur may follow their Delhi and Kanpur counterparts.
The IIT Council had announced that candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to take there-worked CET from 2013 which will also take class XII results into consideration.
The meeting assumes significance as it will precede the special meeting of IIT Council, the highest decision-making body headed by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and including directors of all the 16 IITs, called on June 27. A statement by the ministry said the special meeting has been convened after the developments on Thursday in IIT Delhi, where the Senate adopted a resolution rejecting the proposed test and deciding to conduct its own entrance exam
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