Single merit list for all boards
To create a level playing field, a common merit list will be prepared for students belonging to different boards from this academic year
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Saturday, March 16, 2013
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Saturday, March 16, 2013
(http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/201303162013031601015017194a13df/Single-merit-list-for-all-boards.html)
Beginning this year, there will be a common merit list for students of various boards seeking admission to engineering and pharmacy courses. The list will be prepared taking into consideration their scores in JEE and the standardised marks in their class 12 board examination.
Previously, separate merit lists were made by Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), Cental Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other boards which created discrepancy and added to confusion, said sources.
The seats available in engineering and pharmacy colleges were divided among various boards proportionate to the number of their students passing out. However, it was going against the interests of some students because of lack of uniformity in assessment methods, said sources.
Following the decision, ACPC (Admission Committee for Professional Courses) will control the intake of 50 per cent of the students that institutes like Nirma University, PDPU and DA-IICT take from Gujarat board. There were complaints that allocation of these seats was not fair.
In 2012, as many as 3,198 CBSE students applied for admission to engineering and pharmacy courses. Of them 3,050 were reckoned eligible. However, in the end just about 1,500 students took admission. The decision to have a common merit list has led to anxiety in some sections.
Expressing concern, parent of a student Dinesh Sharma said, “Generally Gujarat board examination is are considered easier while CBSE is comparatively tougher. We fear in a common list, CBSE students stand to lose out.”
However, ACPC sources rule out this possibility. To address this concern, ACPC has made a provision according to which there would a composite score for each student in which 60 per cent weightage would be given to board examination marks and 40 per cent to JEE score.
ACPC Chairman T Natarajan said, “There is no chance of anybody losing out in the new system. In fact, the system would become more just, easy and transparent.”
Elaborating on the proposed system, M N Patel, ACPC member secretary, said, “Under the previous system, students were at a loss. Improper division of seats disadvantaged CBSE students in particular. They were allotted seats in decimal fractions which were rounded off to lower side. Other issues like complications due to provisions of reservation will be addressed in a better manner. Besides, many seats remained vacant in previous years. Last time, too, 50 per cent seats allocated to CBSE students went abegging, so there is no cause of concern for anyone.”
Sources at ACPC said that Indian Statistical Institute would be given the data to sort out the merit list. JEE too would do the same. The new system will treat the Gujarat board, CBSE and other board toppers on a par while standardising the marks of the students. To solve problems of students who get equal marks, six riders have been stated. Their mathematics, English and other marks will be considered to give them ranks.
Beginning this year, there will be a common merit list for students of various boards seeking admission to engineering and pharmacy courses. The list will be prepared taking into consideration their scores in JEE and the standardised marks in their class 12 board examination.
Previously, separate merit lists were made by Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), Cental Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other boards which created discrepancy and added to confusion, said sources.
The seats available in engineering and pharmacy colleges were divided among various boards proportionate to the number of their students passing out. However, it was going against the interests of some students because of lack of uniformity in assessment methods, said sources.
Following the decision, ACPC (Admission Committee for Professional Courses) will control the intake of 50 per cent of the students that institutes like Nirma University, PDPU and DA-IICT take from Gujarat board. There were complaints that allocation of these seats was not fair.
In 2012, as many as 3,198 CBSE students applied for admission to engineering and pharmacy courses. Of them 3,050 were reckoned eligible. However, in the end just about 1,500 students took admission. The decision to have a common merit list has led to anxiety in some sections.
Expressing concern, parent of a student Dinesh Sharma said, “Generally Gujarat board examination is are considered easier while CBSE is comparatively tougher. We fear in a common list, CBSE students stand to lose out.”
However, ACPC sources rule out this possibility. To address this concern, ACPC has made a provision according to which there would a composite score for each student in which 60 per cent weightage would be given to board examination marks and 40 per cent to JEE score.
ACPC Chairman T Natarajan said, “There is no chance of anybody losing out in the new system. In fact, the system would become more just, easy and transparent.”
Elaborating on the proposed system, M N Patel, ACPC member secretary, said, “Under the previous system, students were at a loss. Improper division of seats disadvantaged CBSE students in particular. They were allotted seats in decimal fractions which were rounded off to lower side. Other issues like complications due to provisions of reservation will be addressed in a better manner. Besides, many seats remained vacant in previous years. Last time, too, 50 per cent seats allocated to CBSE students went abegging, so there is no cause of concern for anyone.”
Sources at ACPC said that Indian Statistical Institute would be given the data to sort out the merit list. JEE too would do the same. The new system will treat the Gujarat board, CBSE and other board toppers on a par while standardising the marks of the students. To solve problems of students who get equal marks, six riders have been stated. Their mathematics, English and other marks will be considered to give them ranks.
