A single, national level Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test (ISEET) has been proposed to replace the engineering entrance exams such as AIEEE and IIT-JEE from 2013 onwards. The ISEET will be conducted by the CBSE Board. A meeting was held by the Joint Admission Board of IITs on February 18, 2012 to take a final call on conducting the national level common entrance test for admissions to various science and engineering programs in India.
The IIT heads participated in the meeting to discuss the single entrance test and the terms and conditions for the same. The test has already been approved by the IIT Council.
The MHRD officials revealed that the ISEET 2013 entrance test will be held in April or May, next academic year. ISEET will be divided into 2 parts; one will be Main and another one will be Advance. Each part will be of 3 hours duration. Both the test will be held on same day between 10 am to 5 pm.
ISEET Main paper will have objective type questions and will have questions based on logical reasoning, critical thinking and comprehension. While ISEET Advance will test candidate’s problem solving skills in subjects such as basic science. The marks scored in the 2 tests will judge the student’s aptitude and scholastic level for engineering and science. The Ministry is planning to assign 60% weightage to ISEET test and a maximum weightage of 40% to Class XII board exam scores.
However, the state governments have been given the flexibility to decide the specific weightage within the mentioned limits.
The Board will present the issue in the conference of state education ministers to be held on February 22, 2012. The officials revealed that the terms and conditions for transfer of details from school boards to ISEET organization is yet to be worked upon.
The Board is yet to decide the schedule of declaring ISEET Results so that same can be coordinated with the school board Results and a combined score card can be prepared in the specified time limit.
Source: Economic Times
I am not in favor of this new pattern of IITjee or ISEET.This pattern supports CBSE candidates in comparison to the other regional boards students.CBSE students scores higher than the other regional board candidates.
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