Read the post "Who Killed The IIT JEE" on Manish Chauhan's Blog
The comments to this post are equally frustrated. I was more than surprised how all of these people missed and mis-interpreted the whole aspect of paper format. I am posting my interpretation which I presume is correct.
According to the new format, the IIT-JEE paper itself will include "short write-ups on various topics followed by objective questions based on the write-up" which means two things
1. Students will NOT need to write any paragraphs or essays in the paper as is being presumed by so many people.
2. Students need not mug up or remember loads of information and rather need to further concentrate on building concepts. The paper will test how well they can answer questions based on their understanding of the passage given in the paper itself. Its a test of grasping power .. a very welcome change according to me.
More so the changes are not proposed by government (unlike changes done by Murli Manohar Joshi). They were made on recommendations by a task force headed by Idi Chandy, ex-JEE chairman. Its suggestions were also accepted by the IIT Council Standing Committee chaired by C N R Rao and comprising all IIT Directors.
For more information goto:
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20050912130647&Topic=0&Title=Top%20Stories&Page=
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1490443,0008.htm
The comments to this post are equally frustrated. I was more than surprised how all of these people missed and mis-interpreted the whole aspect of paper format. I am posting my interpretation which I presume is correct.
According to the new format, the IIT-JEE paper itself will include "short write-ups on various topics followed by objective questions based on the write-up" which means two things
1. Students will NOT need to write any paragraphs or essays in the paper as is being presumed by so many people.
2. Students need not mug up or remember loads of information and rather need to further concentrate on building concepts. The paper will test how well they can answer questions based on their understanding of the passage given in the paper itself. Its a test of grasping power .. a very welcome change according to me.
More so the changes are not proposed by government (unlike changes done by Murli Manohar Joshi). They were made on recommendations by a task force headed by Idi Chandy, ex-JEE chairman. Its suggestions were also accepted by the IIT Council Standing Committee chaired by C N R Rao and comprising all IIT Directors.
For more information goto:
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20050912130647&Topic=0&Title=Top%20Stories&Page=
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1490443,0008.htm
after reading manish's blog, i think he has a point in thinking that now students have to mug more than ever, as objective/short answers don't really reflect your problem solving skills/concepts which JEE has been testing so far; they look for how much you know! though i am not from IIT, i agree that the JEE paper used to really apply the concepts learnt so far.
ReplyDeletealso, though 60%+ min seems fair, but max 2 attempts doesn't seem fair. i m one of those who trusted more on hard work than luck/talent and ppl like me do sometime take more time. moreover, this is one instt whr dreams come true... instead the condition should be like if someone has done his general post-grad (like M.Sc) thn they shouldn't be allowed,... or those who got admission in any of the engg college...
these are my thoughts...