The eligibility criterion of 60% marks in class XII for appearing in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be raised from next year to make students pay more attention to the board exam.
"The present criterion is that students need to secure 60% at class XII for appearing in IIT-JEE. This is not acceptable. The minimum marks required for IIT-JEE could be raised to 80 to 85%," HRD minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after a meeting of the IIT Council, the apex decision-making body for the elite institutes.
This decision comes on the heels of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) deciding to de-emphasise the importance of board exams by making them optional for grade X students of the CBSE board. The CABE claims to have not been informed of this proposal.
Now, aspiring IIT-ians will have to study simultaneously for both their board exams and the IIT-JEE. Is this the correct way forward to ensure a brighter future for the youth, or would such a step place unnecessary stress on students?
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