Tuesday, May 10, 2011

CBSE mulls online route to engg, medical colleges

LUCKNOW: Taking lessons from the recent question paper leak of the 2011 All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is seriously mulling over an online route to admissions in various medical and engineering institutions.

Verifying this here on Monday, CBSE chairman, Vinit Joshi, said, "Online tests and admissions are the methods adopted in the developed world. In fact this year, we conducted the AIEEE exam online as well, though on a pilot basis. The experience has been a satisfying and it appears to be promising."

Joshi was in the city to inaugurate RBN Global School, which is a residential-cumday boarding school based on the principle that every child is talented.

Talking to the media, Joshi added that a committee has already been constituted to examine the possibilities of conducting online medical and engineering entrance exams. The committee comprises Prof Phalguni Gupta of IIT Kanpur, Prof BR Garg from University of Delhi and a senior officer at CBSE, Delhi MC Sharma. The committee has also been asked to find out the source of the leak and suggest ways to plug in the gap. It has also been asked to expedite related issues highlighted during the course of police investigations.

Asked to comment on the practical aspect of the online solution, keeping in mind the magnanimity of the exam, Joshi said, "We can hold the exam in a phased manner.

Spreading it across 10-15 days, the way CAT is conducted." He quickly added that there may be some teething troubles, but, the system would be a more reliable version. Joshi also interacted with principals of various CBSE schools in the region in a workshop on quality of education in the 21st century.

On the count, Joshi informed that certain programmes to develop leadership qualities in principals were being organised by the board. "The aim is to have better leaders who can make their teams work efficiently.

For this we have tied up with management and educational institutions like IIMs and Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan," he said.

Responding to a query on proficiency tests, the chairman said that the tests are slated to take place in the first week of July. "Details of the content and dates have been circulated in schools," he said. Asked to comment on the difficulty level of the exam, which is being compared with competitive exams such as AIEEE and AIPMT he said, "The exams would not be difficult as such. But, they are application-based, which demands immense understanding of the subject.

Those who have not been able to comprehend with the concepts may find it difficult."

Source:toi

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