Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on 10.09.2010 said the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) across the country will soon introduce new courses in medicine and even enroll foreign students as well as recruit foreign faculties at the post graduate level.
“The government has decided to seek the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for the course. The IIT council meeting decided to carry out appropriate amendment in the Institute of Technologies Act to enable the IITs to offer the medicine programme,” said Sibal.
“We are making sure that wherever the instruction leads to a degree relating to any branch of medicine, then of course clearances from Medical Council of India under the Act will have to be taken,” he added.
Sibal said the council has also decided to enable IITs to recruit foreign faculties, which should not be more than 10 per cent of the total faculty strength.
“In principle, we agreed that IITs are entitled to recruiting foreign faculties. A mechanism will be set up with the help of the Home Ministry to ensure that there is no hiccup in the process and there is easy exit and entry of people,” he added, after a meeting of the IIT council.
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Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, announced major changes in the process of getting admission in Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and other engineering colleges. Class 12 marks along with an aptitude test would decide admissions into IITs, informed Sibal.
However, he also stated that modalities were still being worked out to make the changes in the admission process and no timeframe has been set for implementing the new proposals.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) entrance exams needs an overhaul to discourage coaching institutes, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said on 10.09.2010. “The present system of coaching must go as it is detrimental to the quality of intake,” Sibal told reporters after a meeting of the council of IITs. The changes in the pattern of engineering entrance exams had been proposed by the ministry earlier as well.
A committee was formed under IIT Kharagpur director Damodar Acharya which suggested including weightage of the 12th Class result and a national level aptitude test for admission in engineering courses.
“The Acharya committee has given its report and it was widely agreed that the entrance exam system needs to be changed but it is yet to finalize how,” Sibal said.
Though a consensus could not be built on the recommendations of the Acharya report, Sibal said all members agreed on the need for a change. “There are two things. Firstly, the present system of coaching must go as it is detrimental to quality of intake; secondly, the problem of children appearing for multiple entrance exams causes financial and psychological pressure on the children and their family,” Sibal said.
The minister said there were suggestions that state-wise percentile given to students will be considered for the entrance. “We should look at the 12th level performance… otherwise students from some states may get left out,” he said.
“Weightage will be given to 12th exam marks, and that marks will be based on the performance through the year. It will automatically discourage coaching,” he said.
The minister said a committee has been formed under Science and Technology Secretary T. Ramasami and it will submit its report in three months. “After that we’ll involve all IITs and have a full discussion,” he said.
Sibal added that the IITs have said they wanted to continue with the joint entrance exam. ”The IITs don’t want to do away with the JEE but they have said that if an alternative is provided they will discuss it with their faculty,” he added.
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