Press Release
The Council of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) met today
forenoon to discuss the modalities of admission through Common Entrance
Test proposed to be conducted for the year 2013. The Council took note
of the fact that the IIT Council in its meeting held on 27th June, 2012,
has decided, inter-alia, that the JEE Advanced would be administered on
a separate date to 1.5 lakh students of
all category, based on merit assessed through performance in the JEE
Main, and the merit list for admissions to IITs will be drawn on the
basis of All India Rank in the JEE Advanced, provided such candidates
are in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their Boards in
applicable categories.
2. After detailed deliberations, the
NIT Council decided that the NIT system would consider 40% weightage for
performance in class XII Board marks normalized on percentile basis and
the remainder 60% weightage would be given for performance in JEE Main
and a combined merit list would be decided accordingly. This system
would be implemented from 2013. The members of the Council resolved to
facilitate implementation of the new admission policy in close
coordination with the CBSE.
3. The Council authorized its
Chairman to constitute a Committee consisting of a few Directors,
Chairman COBSE and other experts to look into the issues relating to
normalization of class XII Board marks on percentile basis.
If the 20 percantile for the CBSE 2012 is 78%, a student who has passed the said examination with a lesser % cannot appear 2013 IIT ADVANCED examination. what justice these students get from the present decission made by the IIT council and MHRD?
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