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Latest News |
| 18th
February 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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Single CET feasible if testing is transparent
Mumbai: The Human Resources Development Ministry has set
its sights on a single Common Entrance Test for engineering
colleges across the country and one for medical colleges
by 2013 in a bid to reduce the stress faced by Class XII
students who have to study for several different entrances
tests for medicine and engineering. While faculty members
at several engineering and medical colleges feel that
this is a good idea in principal, they are divided over
just how well this will work in practice.
An IIT professor told TOI that he had no problem with
a common entrance test for engineering colleges across
the country provided it was conducted in as clean and
transparent a manner as the IITs conduct their Joint Entrance
Examination. If such a feat can be pulled off at the national
level, there’s nothing like it, he added.
As for a common entrance test for medicine, Dr S Natarajan,
an ophthalmologist at Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital and a professor
for the National Board of Ophthalmology exams, feels that
if conducted properly, the system will greatly reduce
the stress that students currently undergo. At present,
students have to study for many different entrance tests
for medicine. This involves traveling to different parts
of the country for the entrance tests, he said.
Dr Satish Khadse, a cardiologist and faculty member of
Grant Medical College feels that while on the one hand
a common entrance test will put all students from across
the country on a common platform, at another level , students
will find that instead of competing at the local level,
they are now competing at the national level.
Currently, a student from Vidarbha , who appears for the
Maharashtra CET is competing with other students from
the state. However, with only one common entrance test
for everyone, the aspirant will now have to compete with
students from across the country, he added.
Jitendra Shah, a former faculty member at Veermata Jijabai
Technological Institute (VJTI), feels that a common entrance
test is a very good idea, and should definitely be implemented.
Teething problems associated with the system will definitely
be overcome over a period of time, he said.
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