Gujarat to adopt JEE, with riders
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- Wednesday, 06 June 2012 15:59
- Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 18:59
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
The Gujarat government has agreed to adopt the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to all engineering colleges in the state, but with riders. The govt has put forward the condition that the papers should also be in Gujarati.
Speaking at the State Education Ministers’ Conference, Gujarat Education minister Ramanlal Vora also said that Gujarat will join adopt JEE only if IITs are included. “There are reports that few IITs are resenting this move. If they are not part of JEE, the state government has no reason to join the JEE. The main purpose of removing multiple entrance tests would be lost if IITs are not in,” Vora said.
The minister said that the state government supports the Union ministry’s decision to count the marks of higher secondary for admission. “This will remove regional imbalance and the urban bias in the selection procedure for IITs,” he said.
The state governments would eventually decide the weightage for higher secondary marks in the selection procedure for the state institutions. However, it will not be less than 40% in any case. Vora said that the issue of sharing exam fees collected between the Centre and the states will have to be sorted out since the examination will be conducted by a single body at central level.
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