Proposal to limit Indian Institutes of Technology entry to Class XII 80-percenters
Calling for more “weightage” for Class XII Board exams towards the Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said here today that the required minimum of 60 per cent marks for JEE eligibility could be raised to at least 80 per cent.
After a meeting of the IIT Council, the apex decision-making body for the institutes, here, Sibal said there was a need to ensure that IIT applicants give as much importance to their school examination as they did to the JEE and check the mushrooming JEE coaching industry.
When asked if this meant raising the cut-off from the present 60 per cent, Sibal said: “The present cut-off of 60 per cent is not enough.
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After a meeting of the IIT Council, the apex decision-making body for the institutes, here, Sibal said there was a need to ensure that IIT applicants give as much importance to their school examination as they did to the JEE and check the mushrooming JEE coaching industry.
When asked if this meant raising the cut-off from the present 60 per cent, Sibal said: “The present cut-off of 60 per cent is not enough.
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