February 4, 2010 8:36 PM

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Govt. forms a Committee to suggest reforms in IIT entrance exams.

The government today set up a committee to suggest reforms in the IIT entrance examination. However, no decision could be reached at the proposed fee hike to make the institutes self-sufficient. <br/><br/>At a brainstorming session on IITs, chaired by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, a committee was set up under IIT Kharagpur Director Prof Damodar Acharya to study the existing JEE structure and suggest improvement in it.<br/><br/>The committee will submit its report in three months. A Human Resource Development Ministry official said in New Delhi today,it is expected to suggest on how to consider the Class XII marks of students while preparing the cut-off for the admission into these 15 elite institutes.<br/><br/>At present, the IITs are taking students on the basis of cut-off prepared in view of the marks scored by students in IIT Joint Entrance Examination. Consideration of Class XII marks in the cut-off would ensure that meritorious students get into the IIT stream.

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