Government and IITs agree on compromise admission formula

Government and IITs agree on compromise admission formula

The government and Indian Institute of Technology, IITs have resolved their differences on the entrance exam row by agreeing on a compromise formula over holding the common exam from next academic year. As per the agreement, admission to the IITs from 2013 will be based only on the rank achieved in the advance test subject to the condition that selected candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates of various States’ Boards. This formula replaces the proposed format of giving weightage to the class XII board results. The compromise was reached at a Delhi meeting of the IIT Council, the highest decision making body with representatives from the government and the Directors of all IITs. Talking to media, Director, IIT-Delhi and Chairman of Joint Admission Board, Prof R K Shevgaonkar said, 1.5 lakh students will be screened for the advance test. He said, it will be used as an eligibility criterion.

The government had earlier announced the new test from 2013, under which aspiring candidates for IITs and other central institutes such as NITs and IIITs would have to take tests under a new format of the common entrance test, which would also take the plus two board results into consideration. This was rejected by IITs-Delhi and Kanpur.