22 May 2012 10:54:45 IST
, Times of India
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With the Union human resources development ministry proposing to replace the IIT-JEE with a single entrance test for all engineering colleges including IIT, NIT and private institutes from 2013, coaching centres in Odisha are planning to change their strategy as well. Many of them are tying up with schools and self-financing colleges to provide classroom coaching for both school curriculum as well as the entrance test.
In the proposed system, candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in the Class XII board examination as well as their marks in the common entrance test. At present, candidates are selected on the basis of their marks in IIT-JEE in physics, chemistry and mathematics (PCM) and Class XII results do not play a role in the final marking system.
"Since the Class XII board exam marks will also be taken into consideration, there will be a lot of competition to secure good marks in both exams. In this case, expert coaching will still be there. But, the modules would be modified as per the students' requirements and equal focus will be given to both the exams," said Abhay Kumar Swain, director of Vidwan Coaching Centre.
Sai International School chairman B K Sahoo, "Students aspiring for a career in engineering have to go to a coaching centre to learn about time-management and other aspects of the entrance exam. We are providing that facility in schools by tying up with the coaching centres."
Principal of Mother's Public School, Poly said there is need for combined coaching for both school and entrance test. "We are giving additional coaching to students who are keen to study engineering. They are called Mother Engineering batch. We have appointed additional teachers for them. Though the presentation style is different in IIT-JEE and Class XIII board exams, the curriculum of both are almost similar. Therefore, our faculty teach how to present the same thing in two different ways. It saves time spent in coaching classes and provides students time for self study."
Eighteen students of the school have qualified the IIT-JEE this year and the school had tied up with a coaching centre.
Vardhan further said that students do prefer integrated coaching programmes for both board exam and IIT. "If in the school hour, they can finish study for both the board exam and coaching centre then they would get extra time for self study."
At present, there are three types of examination to apply for an engineering course including the IIT-JEE for IITs, the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) for NITs and the state board engineering exams for state engineering colleges.
Vriti Edustore
