The Human Resources Development ministry
has introduced a new format for admissions in to premier institutes like the
IITs, NITs and IIITs which will be effective from 2013. The new format of
common entrance test will give weightage to class 12th board
exam results. This system will replace the IIT-JEE and AIEEE.
Here is the new system explained:
All aspirants will have to give two exams — JEE
main and JEE advanced — to be held on the same day. The aspirant’s set
of scores will decide whether he or she will be eligible for admission to the
premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), centrally funded institutions
like NIITs or other state funded institutions.
As per the new system for admission into IITs, top
50,000 students will be shortlisted on the basis of their cumulative score for
class XII and the main test (50% weightage each). Class XII marks will be
standardized on percentile basis by a formula worked out by the Indian
Statistical Institute. Hence there is a filter mechanism which has been
established to keep only the 20-30 % students and filter out the rest.
From these short-listed students, the
final merit list for admission to the IITs will be
prepared based on their performance in the JEE (advanced) exam only.
For all other Centrally Funded Institutions, admissions
would be based on a combined score which gives a weightage of 40% to class XII
board results, and 30% each for the JEE (main) and JEE (advanced).
The main test shall be multiple choice type
paper, the nature and modalities of the advanced shall be determined by the
Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the IITs.
Even as the process of selection to the
IITs would be different then other institutes, the counseling to IITs
and other institutes will be done jointly and allotment of seats will be done
together. So students will get a rank for IIT and also get a rank for
NIT and IIIT.
