Friday 21 September 2012

Re appear in complete exam for improvement - Instructions from CBSE to the students for appearing in JEE Mains

An article published in Rajasthan Patkrika on 21st Sept 2012 :


IIT-JEE Advance to be held on June 2

KANPUR: The IIT Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Advance scheduled to be held in the year 2013 would be conducted on the old pattern. There would be no changes in the pattern of the Physics, Chemistry and Maths paper. The exam would be held in two shifts. Both the papers would be three-hour long each. The questions would be objective in nature. The JEE Advance will be conducted by IITs across the country on June 2. The details of the exam pattern have been provided by IIT-Kanpur administration on its website, www.iitk.ac.in.

On September 23, an important meeting of Joint Admission Board (JAB) has been convened in New Delhi. This meeting would finalise and fix the date of holding JEE Advance exam, declaration of results, conducting counselling.


The authorities of IIT-Kanpur informed that there would be no change in the pattern of the JEE Advance exam. The question papers would be printed in both Hindi and English. The questions would be based on Physics, Chemistry and Maths. The students who qualify the JEE Mains exam will only be eligible for filling the form of the JEE Advance exam. These forms would be filled off-line by the successful students.

Out of scores of aspirants who will sit in the JEE Mains exam, only 1.50 lakh students would be screened for appearing in the JEE Advance exam. These students will be able to fill the form for the JEE Advance exam. The students clearing the JEE Advance exam will be getting a chance to seek admission in premier IITs including Kanpur, Mumbai, Roorkee, Guhawati, Delhi, Chennai, Kharagpur.

On the other hand, the JEE Mains exam would be conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). This exam would be held in the month of April next year. The results of JEE Mains will be out in the month of May. After declaration of results, the forms of JEE Avance will be filled through off-line mode. The forms of JEE Mains will be filled both online and offline.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-JEE-Advance-to-be-held-on-June-2/articleshow/16462562.cms

Thursday 13 September 2012

Maharashtra government to accept JEE scores, AICTE approved colleges to admit students on JEE scores

MUMBAI: For long, Indian students have spent ripe years of their lives preparing for gruelling entrance exams of all shapes and sizes. On an average, an engineering aspirant used to annually sit for close to 15 entrance exams. Not only did they go through the stress of taking so many exam, many we
re even financially stretched as the exam fee for taking a test ranged anywhere between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,500. In fact, for engineering aspirants, the months of April and May were synonymous to a long stretch packed with entrance exams.

On Tuesday,11th Sept2012, the Maharashtra government has decided to accept the scores of the centralised exam along with the marks of physics, chemistry and maths in class XII. The All India Council for Technical Education, the country's apex body that oversees all technical colleges, in its governing council meeting ratified the decision to allow all its colleges accept the scores of the single test for admission to engineering programmes.
But from the coming academic year, 134 entrance tests will converge into one. India will have just one Joint Entrance Exam for admission to an engineering college, whether in Agartala or Azamghar, in Salem or Srinagar. Class XII scores will matter more than ever.

The HRD ministry's single entrance examination from 2013 for admission to all centrally-funded institutions, such as IITs, National Institutes of Technology, IISER, IIIT, IISc (Bangalore), IIEST (Shibpur) and NERIST (Itanagar). States' engineering colleges can also admit students based on this exam's scores.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Maharashtra-government-to-accept-JEE-scores-AICTE-approved-colleges-to-admit-students-on-JEE-scores/articleshow/16356314.cms

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Interview of the Director Mr. Choi Young Joo of Etoos Academy Pvt Ltd, Kota for Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal


Kota, Rajasthan: Etoos Academy Pvt. Ltd is a South Korean education company that has ventured into India with a coaching centre in Kota that focuses on preparing students aspiring to join the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Choi Young Joo, a director of Etoos Academy in Kota, spoke to Mint about the reasons for moving to the town in Rajasthan that’s known as the capital of India’s educational coaching institutes and expansion plans. Edited excerpts:
What brings you to Kota?
As an education company we wanted to expand our horizon and India is the right place. People in India are focusing on education, especially on (institutes such as) IIT. Environment here is quite similar to Korea. We have a good expertise in online coaching and this can significantly reduce cost. We can be a customized content provider to students (preparing for admission to top engineering schools).
You came eyeing the IIT entrance market but in the last few months things have changed. How has it affected your plan?
There is a downfall in the student flow this time if you are talking about the IIT market. Last year, 4,500 students came to us both for long-term and short-term courses. This year, it is 3,500. IIT market has 500,000 students, the AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) market has 1 million. If you are focusing on all segments (including school boards and other engineering universities), then no problem. We can look at study-from-home material, customized test-prep for expansion. We have a long-term view on India. The first three to five years will be time for investment and then we will harvest.
What’s your expansion plan?
To begin with Delhi... We want to have centres in 15 cities. We have invested Rs.30 crore since we started our operations (in 2011). In next three years, by 2015, we have plans to invest some Rs.150 crore more. As India grows as an economy, we will grow with it.
You are emphasizing on customized online test-prep market. Please explain.
If somebody wants to read just a chapter or section, let’s say of mathematics or physics, we can give him that. It’s more of demand and need-based. We have both long-term course spanning over eight months and short-term of one or two months. We aim to give students level-wise test-prep, problem-solving, supplementary education. We believe that offline market is about the top 30% and rest is the online market. In India, we can expect some 20-25% revenue from offline mode and rest from the online segment.


Monday 10 September 2012

Online, offline JEE exam to be held in April next year

The first Joint Engineering Examination (main) 2013, known so far as the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) paper I, will be held in April 2013. 
    The JEE apex board on JEE main and advanced decided that the JEE (main) for BE/ B.Tech will be held in two modes — offline and online. The offline exam for JEE (main) will be held on April 7, 2013, and the online exam will be held thereafter in April. The examination (paper II of earlier AIEEE) for admissions to B Arch/ B Planning courses at NITs, IIITs, DTU and other centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs) will be held on April 7, 2013, in offline mode only. 
    The JEE apex board said merit list for admission to NITs, IIITs, DTU and other CFTIs will be prepared by giving 40% weightage (suitably normalized) to Class XII or other qualifying exam marks and 60% to the performance in JEE (main) examination. The JEE (main) 2013 will have one three hour objective-type question paper. The paper will consist of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The paper II will have one question paper comprising math, aptitude test and drawing test as per past practice of AIEEE. The duration will be three hours. 
    Only 1,50,000 of the top rankers in JEE (main), which includes students from all categories (general, non creamy layer-OBC, SC & ST) will be eligible to appear in JEE (advanced) -2013 (so far known as IIT-JEE and conducted by the IITs) for admission to IITs, IT BHU and ISM Dhanbad.