Yes, this is the final decision made on 27th June. After rejection from IITs, HRD has decided that Class 12th marks will not have any weightage in preparing the merit list for admission to IITs in 2013 and beyond. Inclusion of class 12th marks for merit list and admission to IITs was the primary point of contention between IITs and HRD ministry. Majority of IIT faculty and alumni were against the idea of using class 12th board marks as the quality and assessment of board examinations are not in control …Read More
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ISEET Scores Valid for Two Years
February 23, 2012
ISEET 2013
Starting in 2013, all the centrally funded engineering institutes will use ISEET and Class XII board marks for admission to BE, BTech, and other engineering programmes. ISEET will be conducted in two parts – Main and Advance- on a single day. Hence going forward, the government has formally merged the joint entrance examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs and the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In the meeting with state representatives on 22nd Feb, HRD minister Kapil Sibal made his …Read More
Eligibility Criteria for ISEET (Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test)
February 23, 2012
Admissions
As the time is passing, more details are emerging about the proposed nation wide common entrance test, named as ISEET. As reported by IseetIndia.com on 16th Feb, class 12th board examination will play an important role in admission to BE, BTech, and other engineering programmes. The final merit list will be created based on both Class 12th Board and ISEET scores (main +advance). However, the % weightage of these two will be based on the institute and state. A candidate must score above 40 per cent in Class XII Board examination …Read More
Weightage Formula for ISEET Yet to be Decided
February 22, 2012
ISEET 2013
ISEET will change the way of admission to engineering across the country. Class 12th board marks will have a significant amount of weightage in admission process. From 2013, ISEET will replace Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for all the IITs and AIEEE for all IIITs and many deemed universities. However, not all states have agreed to a common entrance examination for their state sponsored engineering colleges. Also, all the states have different difficulty/assessment criteria for class 12th which will require a different weightage for different scores. In the meetin on 22nd Feb …Read More
Class 12th Board Weightage in ISEET
February 16, 2012
Admissions
Here is the big change, now your class 12th scores will also matter for engineering examination and will matter a lot. As per the initial plan drafted by the ISEET committee, your score in Class 12 Board exam will also be considered for determining the final merit list for engineering examination. So, the final merit list for admission to engineering program will be combined scores of Class 12th board examination and ISEET test. However, the weightage for ISEET (combining Main and Advance) will not be more than 60%. In that case …Read More