Here is the first revolt against the proposed new common entrance examination announced by HRD. IIT Kanpur will conduct its own examination for admission to engineering programmes in 2013. With this announcement, it is clear that all is not well as projected by the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal after the meeting on 28th May. IIT Kanpur faculty has been most vocal in raising their concerns over the proposal of ‘one-nation-one-test’ format which is the brainchild of the HRD ministry. IIT Kanpur senate, after a meeting on 8th June, said “The …Read More
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What is Your Opinion on ISEET? Win a Book !!!
May 12, 2012
Admissions
We have been receiving several queries and opinions on ISEET. The students are confused on the pattern and future of the common admission test. Here is the platform to share your opinions on ISEET. Did you liked the plan to have single common admission test for all engineering institutes (including IITs, IIITs, NITs, and all state colleges) ? Do you think a single common entrance test will lead to fall in quality of students in IITs ? What is your thoughts on using class 12th marks for preparation of final merit list …Read More
Maharashtra Getting Prepared for ISEET after Scraping MH-CET
April 16, 2012
State Boards
There has been few doubts over the implementation of ISEET as single engineering entrance examination across all the states. However, it seems like gradually more and more states are preparing to shift from existing state examinations to ISEET. As announced by the ministry of HRD, ISEET will replace IIT JEE and AIEEE starting from 2013, and will gradually replace all state examinations. Maharashtra has also decided to prepare for 2013-14 academic session as admissions will be based on Indian Science Engineering Entrance Test instead of existing MH-CET. MH-CET would be …Read More
Details of ISEET Meeting on States on 22nd Feb
February 24, 2012
News
The Conference of State & UT Education Ministers’ was held on 22nd February, 2012 with Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resource Development, Communications and IT, Government of India in the chair. In his opening remarks, Mr. Kapil Sibal emphasized the centrality of State Governments both in policy formulation as also in their effective implementation and said that he has made it point in conducting regular consultations with States since 2009. These interactions have been extremely useful in many of the initiatives and policies, ranging from the Right to Education, continuous …Read More
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
Most States Agreed to ISEET as Common Entrance Test
February 23, 2012
News
Most States have “in principle” endorsed the proposal for a common national examination for engineering with effect from 2013, with weightage to State Board results. However, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry and West Bengal sought more time to study the proposal in detail. At a State Education Ministers Conference held here on Wednesday, the States said they may also decide on adopting the same pattern for admission to State-level engineering institutions with appropriate weightages.”It was decided that the details for the common examination process would be finalised in the …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