Super 30 founder
and mathematician Anand Kumar on Wednesday said that the decision of the IIT
Council to give chance to students having top 20% from various boards in the
class 12 examinations, was a decision in haste. "This is one decision that
will go against the poor, who don't have the opportunity to study in elite schools," he added.
Under the new format, an advance test would be conducted and the elite educational institutions would admit students having top 20 percent from school boards.
Anand said that there was a huge gulf between the standard of top notch public schools and those run by the government. "Even the results of plus two are many a time mired in controversy due to rampant use of unfair means in examinations and manipulation by some colleges to ensure good results for their students. Under such a situation, could be killing for genuine students," he said soon after IIT council announcement to change the format of IIT from 2013..
Anand said that with July approaching, the decision would come as a dampener for many students, who were preparing for IIT-JEE. "They have already completed class 11 and are now in class 12. Suddenly they realize now that school results are also important. The IIT Council should have implemented it from 2014 at least to give students some time," he added.
Anand said that basing IIT-JEE format purely on intermediate syllabus would also not help, as the students from better schools would have the clear starting advantage. "It will also encourage rote learning and the coaching institutes would provide ready material. For the poor, who study in rural schools lacking even basic facilities and quality teachers, it will be a big deterrent. So far, they had a level playing field, where their hard work and performance mattered, not their past. Now, their past will hound them," he added.
"The results of state school boards, where bulk of the students comes from, are not always reflective of the students' talent," he added. "The factor could work if and only if there was a uniform schooling system, which unfortunately has not happened,".
Under the new format, an advance test would be conducted and the elite educational institutions would admit students having top 20 percent from school boards.
Anand said that there was a huge gulf between the standard of top notch public schools and those run by the government. "Even the results of plus two are many a time mired in controversy due to rampant use of unfair means in examinations and manipulation by some colleges to ensure good results for their students. Under such a situation, could be killing for genuine students," he said soon after IIT council announcement to change the format of IIT from 2013..
Anand said that with July approaching, the decision would come as a dampener for many students, who were preparing for IIT-JEE. "They have already completed class 11 and are now in class 12. Suddenly they realize now that school results are also important. The IIT Council should have implemented it from 2014 at least to give students some time," he added.
Anand said that basing IIT-JEE format purely on intermediate syllabus would also not help, as the students from better schools would have the clear starting advantage. "It will also encourage rote learning and the coaching institutes would provide ready material. For the poor, who study in rural schools lacking even basic facilities and quality teachers, it will be a big deterrent. So far, they had a level playing field, where their hard work and performance mattered, not their past. Now, their past will hound them," he added.
"The results of state school boards, where bulk of the students comes from, are not always reflective of the students' talent," he added. "The factor could work if and only if there was a uniform schooling system, which unfortunately has not happened,".
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