MUMBAI: Next year's IIT aspirants will not
be put through grueling ad hoc changes.
Even as IITs were toying with the idea of
having a subjective test in the second level
of entrance exams-JEE Advanced-it will not
be implemented for the 2014 exam. Senior
officials said there will not be many
changes in the pattern and format of that
exam.
A senior IIT official said having a subjective
test for IITs' entrance exam will require
professors to manually evaluate answer
papers. For an exam conducted in the first
week of June, it is difficult to evaluate
answer-sheets of many candidates and to
come out with results by June-end. "It will
delay the academic session across IITs. To
conduct a subjective test for JEE-Advanced,
the centre will have to conduct the JEE-
Main exam in December and hold the JEE-
Advanced in April. It will involve many
logistical changes, which is not possible,"
said the official. But a final decision on
retaining the pattern in next year's exam
will only be taken after the JEE-Advanced
2014 chairman takes over the Joint
Admission Board .
The board will meet on August 25 to discuss
the 2013 exam, their experiences with the
new format of a two-level exam and give
recommendations for the 2014 exam.
"Many officials believe there is no point in
bringing about a change in one year. Any
new system has to be given an opportunity
for two-three years to sustain. In all
probability, there will not be many changes
this year," said an official.
IITs may increase the limit of candidates
shortlisted from JEE-Main from 1.5 lakhs to
two lakhs. "This year, out of 1.5 lakh
candidates only 1.19 lakh finally wrote the
JEE-Advanced exam. If we increase the limit
to two lakhs, we may get the desired 1.5
lakh figure," said a professor.
Since the time a two-level exam was
proposed in 2012, IITs were seeking a
subjective test to improve the quality of
candidates getting into the premier
institutes. IIT-Bombay even proposed a
format which will not have multiple choice
questions, but will also not compel students
to write long answers. In the multiple-
choice test, it is difficult to determine the
students' understanding of subjects, which is
why professors opposed it. A right answer
can be arrived at by smartly eliminating
three wrong ones, said the professor.
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