Ending the uncertainty over the pattern of questions in the entrance examination for prestigious IITs, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) on Sunday decided for a Subjective Question type Advanced test.
The shortlisted 1,50,000 candidates, who also come within the stipulated 20 percentile bracket, will be eligible for this Advanced test.
The JEE-Main, the filtering tests in which around 11 lakh students are likely to appear, will be a multiple choice objective type paper. The CBSE will conduct the JEE-Main test and provide logistical support to IIT to conduct the Advanced test.
The JAB accepted “as it is” the IIT council’s decision in view of the urgent need to remove uncertainties surrounding JEE-2013. The JAB meeting was called to examine IIT Council’s decision of June 27. The Council had adopted the Common Entrance Test under a compromise formula for admission to undergraduate programme based on percentile ranking of students in their boards.
Sources said the number of students to be filtered for the advance exam in 2013 under the new two-tier format will be decided on the nature of the test. As per the format adopted by IIT Council, about 1.50 lakh students are to be screened for the advanced test. “The JAB decided the test pattern would be of subjective type since any changes now would affect the potential aspirants which includes those who entered class 12th in the year 2011,” sources said.
The JAB also decided that students who have passed their board exam in 2012 should not be disturbed with the new format and allowed to appear as per the existing eligibility condition in 2013 also. As per the existing criteria, students are given two chances to clear the IIT-JEE.
Sources said that with time running short, the JAB took a decision not to waste any time further and consider the subjective pattern of exam. The decision also takes into account the opinion of IIT students who suggested only minor changes following the Senate of IIT Delhi asking the Council of IIT to consider the opinion of the student community as it is they who would finally sit for the competitive exam.
This year the JAB is headed by Delhi IIT and it also has on board representatives of NITs, IIITs and CFTIs. After widespread resentment
from within the IIT fraternity, the JAB had conveyed to the HRD Ministry about these minor changes in the modalities.
Sources in the HRD Ministry confirmed that the JAB had sent a suggestion that the main contention to give weigthage to class 12 results to screen the IIT aspirants should be scrapped.
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