Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, January 17, 2007
After the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) decided to stop the practice of giving grand totals in its marksheets and award grades along with the marks, now all state universities have come together to formulate a new admission criterion for undergraduate courses.
The West Bengal State Council Of Higher Education (WBSCHE) on Wednesday held a meeting of Vice chancellors of all state aided universities. The president of the Higher Secondary council Gopa Basu was also present.
The meeting discussed various patterns in which they can formulate a new admission process. The ‘best of five’ method followed by the Delhi Board was among the most popular. “We can no longer ask for a certain per cent in the aggregate of an HS pass out since there will be no grand total. The ‘best of five’ method seems to be the most likely solution,” said Professor Suranjan Das, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) of Calcutta University.
But there are many problems for this ‘likely solution.’ The universities will have to formulate a method to ensure that students seeking to study honours in various subject combination should not suffer. For example a student who wants to study honours in economics has to secure a certain per cent of marks in maths, which may not come under the best of five category for that particular student.
“We have asked all the universities to discuss the mater in their academic council and come back with suggestion within a month’s time after which our a common admission criteria will be framed,” said Subimal Sen, Vice Chairman of WBSCHE.
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