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New
Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) system facilitates more students to qualify
in their first attempt. It further
shows that about 2000 students have qualified from towns and villages. According to highlights of JEE 2006, 2,99,288
candidates registered in JEE 2006, which was an increase of about 50% since
last year. This increase could be
attributed to the reforms made in the conduct of these examinations. Several candidates and their parents who came
for counselling have reported that the single stage JEE-2006 system has drastically
reduced the stress of the candidates. More significantly, 43.50% of the total candidates qualified in
their first attempt, a quantum jump from 28.49% in JEE-2005. The age group
of the candidates who qualified in their first attempt is between 16 to 19
years and the proportion of successful candidates belonging to small towns
and villages has increased to 30.67%. As
fee for female candidates was halved the participation of the female candidates
increased from 29,291 in JEE-2005 to 58,997 in JEE-2006.
The information pertaining
to JEE-2006 indicates that these reforms have in a large measure achieved
their original objective of reducing the stress level of the students by factoring
in the school results in the admission process and doing away with the screening
test. This has also considerably reduced
the dependence of students on coaching classes and made the process of entrance
into these premier institutes more equitable, merit based and accessible to
students from small towns and rural areas(See Annexure).
It may be recalled that the Human Resource Development Minister had
convened a meeting of eminent educationists last year and initiated a dialogue
for building a national consensus on issues related to reducing the high stress
level among students appearing for Board and Entrance Examinations. As a result of these discussions a Special
Task Force (STF) was constituted to evaluate the process of the IIT-JEE. The recommendations of this STF were deliberated
upon by the Standing Committee of the IIT Council chaired by Prof. C. N. R.
Rao and comprising of all the Directors of IITs. After due deliberations the standing Committee
of IIT Council recommended certain reforms in JEE-2006 for the IIT for the
year 2006. Some of the reforms introduced
were:
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JEE to be a single objective type examination. The screening test was done away with.
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School results are to be factored into admission process for
the IIT’s. Only those students who
secure a first class or equivalent in the 10+2 examination were to be eligible
for admission to the IITs.
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For SC/ST students, there was a relaxation of 5% of marks below
the level of marks prescribed in the respective examination.
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A student can write JEE in the year he or she passes the 12th
Board examination and/or in the following year.
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Those who join in any of the IITs will not be allowed to sit
for the JEE again
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A one time exception was given to the students who appeared
in their qualifying examination in the year 2005 or earlier.
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ANNEXURE
Statistical
Information with regard to JEE-2006:
A
few Highlights
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The single stage JEE-2006 system has drastically reduced the
stress and mental agony of the candidates as compared to the two-stage system
of JEE-2005 as indicated by several candidates and their parents who came
for counselling, and Ex.IITians.
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The number of candidates qualified in their first attempt is
2,761, which is 43.50 per cent of the total qualified candidates. This proportion is significantly greater than
the corresponding value (28.49 per cent) in JEE-2005. The high proportion of first timers reflects
the success of the changed pattern of examination in JEE-2006 in getting more
number of students who have been equally good performer in qualifying examination
(10+2). Hence, the main purpose of
introducing a new examination pattern emphasizing on the importance of school
education has been successfully fulfilled. The design of an altogether new type of question paper, examining
analytical ability, comprehension skills, and aptitude of the candidates has
also a strong bearing on maintaining highest possible standards in JEE-2006.
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The age group of candidates qualified in first attempt is between
16 to 19 years.
·
Distribution of qualified candidates among the cities, the
towns, and the villages are:
Cities: 4400, Towns: 1328, and Villages: 615
The proportion of successful candidates belonging to towns
and villages has also increased to 30.67 per cent as compared to 28.02 per
cent in JEE-2005 while the percentage has decreased in case of cities from
71.98 per cent in JEE-2005 to 69.37 per cent in JEE-2006. The proportional increase in the percentage
from smaller towns further emphasize the success of the new JEE system and
indicate reduced dependence on coaching centers which the candidates from
town and village have no access to.
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The application fee for female candidates was half (Rs.300/-)
of the fees for male candidates (Rs.600/-). In this respect the new JEE system has also
ensured a higher participation of female candidates as evident from the total
number of registered female candidates of 58,997 in JEE-2006 as compared to
29,291 in JEE-2005. However, there
is only marginal increase in successful female candidates as compared to JEE-2005.
·
2,99,288 candidates registered in JEE-2006 as compared to 1,98,059
in JEE-2005, which is an increase of about 51 per cent over the last year’s
number of registered candidates. This
increase was probably due to the changed pattern of examination as well as
effect of ‘one time exception’ clause incorporated for the candidates who
passed the qualifying examination in the year 2005 or before.
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New JEE system facilitates more students to qualify in their first attempt
