The GOI HRD Minister,Kapil Sibal has mooted the idea that aspiring IIT candidates must get a gross percentage of atleast 80% in their class XII board exams,if they are to be eligible for the IIT-JEE Exam.If fact,the idea is not a bolt from the blue,as such,as it was in the consideration of a team comprising of IIT Directors,who were constituted to look into IIT-JEE Exam reforms.The main reason for this approach stems from the oft repeated quote,that the exam was being hijacked by the numerous coaching centres,which in turn forced the aspiring students to make a beeline to their classes,thereby diluting their attention for their board exams. IIT-Delhi professor M Balakrishnan said” ’This proposal has been mooted for almost a year now. There is talk in the ministry and among IITs to take such a decision soon.”
We at Physicsmynd feel quite ambivalent at the idea as our core motto is in aiding the students to learn Physics in it’s most throuogh & enjoyable manner,without as such having a diversification as that meant for an entrance exam or board exams.However,we feel that the students,tutors & parents ought to be sensitized about the issue,before actually implementing it.
Stop Press : Kapil sibal has now taken a U turn,stating that it’s the IIT’s which have to decide.
Kapil Sibal,Union HRD Minister
