Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 27, 2007
It is good news for the Class XII students of ISC and CBSE boards. For the first time they will face no discrimination as they apply to colleges and they can start filling in admission forms even before the Higher Secondary (HS) results are out.
Earlier colleges started distributing admission forms only after HS results were declared, as many of them set cut off marks for ISC and CBSE board students. However, from this year, this will change as Calcutta University has urged all colleges not to discriminate against CBSE and ISC students. WBCHSE has made HS a 700 marks exam and brought parity in the syllabus, question and marking pattern with the national boards.
“Earlier, the colleges deducted marks from students of CBSE and ISC boards. My daughter had five percent of her marks slashed while taking admission because she was not from Bengal board. It is true that all boards have separate systems, but then what is the point of giving them marks if some college deducts it before admission. To escape this discrimination, many students went to other states,” said Malini Bhagath, Vice Principal of Mahadevi Birla Girls’ High School under CBSE board. “It is good that Bengal is stopping this discrimination from this year and I hope this system continues,” she added.
Presidency College will start distributing admission forms for its 17 honours courses even before the HS results are declared. The college will upload the forms in its website www.presidencyadmission.net from June 1. “CBSE and ISC students can apply online,” said Mamata Ray, principal of the college. The college is also trying scout talent from outside Bengal. “Our college conducts admission tests for all subjects and especially for the CBSE and ISC students we were thinking of having exam centres in other states from this year. But ultimately for some reason we could not. We will try and do it from next year,” added Ray.
St. Xavier’s College will start distributing forms online soon from its website www.sxccal.edu. The college will make a separate merit list for CBSE, ISC and HS candidates and take equal number of students from each board. “Every year, the result of ISC and CBSE is declared much before HS. Until then, no college distributes forms and students of Delhi board remain in anxiety. We do not want that to happen,” said father P.C. Mathew, principal of the college.
Lady Brabourne College too will upload admission forms on their website www.ladybrabourne.com from first week of June. “We are not waiting for the HS result but will be activating our website by next week so that the students from other boards can apply,” said Sanghamitra Mukherjee, principal of the college.
Those want to study in Scottish Church College will be able to down load its admission form at www.scottishchurchcollege.ac.in from June 1. “We do not feel that the HS students will lose out. The university has directed us to treat students of all boards equally because their syllabus and marking pattern are now at par,” said J. Abraham, Principal of Scottish Church College.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Gender study makes its way in IIMC
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 24, 2007
The Indian Institute of Management, Joka is all set to introduce ‘gender issues in management and corporate world’ as one of the elective subjects from 2008 academic session. To begin with, the institute plans to introduce it as an elective subject in its Post Graduate Programme for Executives.
“With the increasing entry of women in the board rooms, gender issues have become paramount. We are planning to introduce it in some of our programmes from the next academic session,” said Anindyo Sen, dean programme and research initiatives of IIM.
IIM will be helped by the Boston based Simmons School of Management, which hosts the only MBA programme in the US designed for women. The programme is rated among the top 25 by the prestigious Entrepreneur magazine. IIM had signed a MoU with the US based school in April this year.
“We will be requesting Simmons School of Management to map out a syllabus for us. Jointly we might launch a management development programme for women,” said Sen. “We would like to offer it as one of the elective subjects in our executive management programmes. But in the near future, we would also like to introduce it in our two years MBA curriculum.”
IIM wants to use the tie-up to attract more women MBA candidates. Despite Indra Nooyi, a 1976 graduate who is now heading PepsiCo, only 25 per cent of the institute’s students are women. “The tie-up with the Simmons School will definitely help us attract more women. We are also going to request the faculty members from Simmons School to come here and discuss the issue,” said Sen.
The dean said, “There is a lack of awareness of gender related problems that women face in the corporate world. In the past, we have not discussed the issue in our classrooms. But now the time has come when the students must be made aware of the problems and how companies can solve them.” Gender sensitivity is an alien word to many companies in India. In many cases when women get rapid promotions and hefty increment, the office grapevine attributes it to her closeness with the boss. However, it attributes a man’s hike and promotion to hard work.
“In India we have seen that the men do not even realise that their women colleagues are being made a victim of gender bias. We too do not have much awareness. So before training the students, we too need to understand the subject,” said Sen.
The agreement also fosters faculty collaborations and better understanding of cultural differences between the US and India to create improved business relationships. Officials at both schools are working on developing advisory services for multinational businesses with US and India operations.
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Kolkata, May 24, 2007
The Indian Institute of Management, Joka is all set to introduce ‘gender issues in management and corporate world’ as one of the elective subjects from 2008 academic session. To begin with, the institute plans to introduce it as an elective subject in its Post Graduate Programme for Executives.
“With the increasing entry of women in the board rooms, gender issues have become paramount. We are planning to introduce it in some of our programmes from the next academic session,” said Anindyo Sen, dean programme and research initiatives of IIM.
IIM will be helped by the Boston based Simmons School of Management, which hosts the only MBA programme in the US designed for women. The programme is rated among the top 25 by the prestigious Entrepreneur magazine. IIM had signed a MoU with the US based school in April this year.
“We will be requesting Simmons School of Management to map out a syllabus for us. Jointly we might launch a management development programme for women,” said Sen. “We would like to offer it as one of the elective subjects in our executive management programmes. But in the near future, we would also like to introduce it in our two years MBA curriculum.”
IIM wants to use the tie-up to attract more women MBA candidates. Despite Indra Nooyi, a 1976 graduate who is now heading PepsiCo, only 25 per cent of the institute’s students are women. “The tie-up with the Simmons School will definitely help us attract more women. We are also going to request the faculty members from Simmons School to come here and discuss the issue,” said Sen.
The dean said, “There is a lack of awareness of gender related problems that women face in the corporate world. In the past, we have not discussed the issue in our classrooms. But now the time has come when the students must be made aware of the problems and how companies can solve them.” Gender sensitivity is an alien word to many companies in India. In many cases when women get rapid promotions and hefty increment, the office grapevine attributes it to her closeness with the boss. However, it attributes a man’s hike and promotion to hard work.
“In India we have seen that the men do not even realise that their women colleagues are being made a victim of gender bias. We too do not have much awareness. So before training the students, we too need to understand the subject,” said Sen.
The agreement also fosters faculty collaborations and better understanding of cultural differences between the US and India to create improved business relationships. Officials at both schools are working on developing advisory services for multinational businesses with US and India operations.
mou.hindustantimes@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
RBU postpones venue shift
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 23, 2007
Bowing to student protests, Rabindra Bharati University has decided to postpone shifting its fine arts department, located at its Jorashanko campus to its main campus in B.T. Road by at least six months.
For a long time, the university has wanted to shift the entire academic wing to its main campus at B.T. Road. The building at Jorashanko is an international heritage site. Rabindranath Tagore was born in his ancestral house here and spent a considerable portion of his life there. Later, the house became the university’s property and the visual arts and fine arts departments were located here. By shifting academic activities to the main campus, the state government and the university wants to convert Tagore’s house to a tourist spot and have a Tagore research centre.
The fine arts section consisting of the Rabindra Sangeet, vocal music, dance, instrumental music, musicology and drama departments will be conducting its exams in June. Students are resisting the move because they feel uncomfortable taking the exams in a new venue.
“Shifting academic activities of the Jorashanko campus to our main campus was part of the university’s 10th five-year plan. The visual arts department has already moved but the fine arts department is taking more time to shift,” said Shontosh Kumar Gharui, registrar of the university. “We understand the student’s problem and we will only shift the campus after October, when all exams are over. Then students will have no problems moving to the new campus and adjusting there,” he added.
Many faculty members had alleged that the ambience at the B.T Road campus and the new building constructed for the fine arts department did not gel with the subjects to be taught there. Refuting the allegations, Gharui said, “What will a student do with ambience while he is learning? Moreover, the 5-storyed fine arts building is bigger than the present building used by them at Jorashanko. So there is no scope for complaints.”
On the contrary, according to the registrar, the shift to the new campus will give students the opportunity to study mainstream subjects along with fine arts as an honours subject. This will increase their chances of becoming a schoolteacher, as only students having mainstream subjects are eligible to take the School Service Commission exam.
“The protestors are those students and teachers who do not want to go to the new campus because it is far from their home and would not allow them to take tuitions. They are ignoring the fact that the shift will make the students more employable,” said a high placed university official.mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Kolkata, May 23, 2007
Bowing to student protests, Rabindra Bharati University has decided to postpone shifting its fine arts department, located at its Jorashanko campus to its main campus in B.T. Road by at least six months.
For a long time, the university has wanted to shift the entire academic wing to its main campus at B.T. Road. The building at Jorashanko is an international heritage site. Rabindranath Tagore was born in his ancestral house here and spent a considerable portion of his life there. Later, the house became the university’s property and the visual arts and fine arts departments were located here. By shifting academic activities to the main campus, the state government and the university wants to convert Tagore’s house to a tourist spot and have a Tagore research centre.
The fine arts section consisting of the Rabindra Sangeet, vocal music, dance, instrumental music, musicology and drama departments will be conducting its exams in June. Students are resisting the move because they feel uncomfortable taking the exams in a new venue.
“Shifting academic activities of the Jorashanko campus to our main campus was part of the university’s 10th five-year plan. The visual arts department has already moved but the fine arts department is taking more time to shift,” said Shontosh Kumar Gharui, registrar of the university. “We understand the student’s problem and we will only shift the campus after October, when all exams are over. Then students will have no problems moving to the new campus and adjusting there,” he added.
Many faculty members had alleged that the ambience at the B.T Road campus and the new building constructed for the fine arts department did not gel with the subjects to be taught there. Refuting the allegations, Gharui said, “What will a student do with ambience while he is learning? Moreover, the 5-storyed fine arts building is bigger than the present building used by them at Jorashanko. So there is no scope for complaints.”
On the contrary, according to the registrar, the shift to the new campus will give students the opportunity to study mainstream subjects along with fine arts as an honours subject. This will increase their chances of becoming a schoolteacher, as only students having mainstream subjects are eligible to take the School Service Commission exam.
“The protestors are those students and teachers who do not want to go to the new campus because it is far from their home and would not allow them to take tuitions. They are ignoring the fact that the shift will make the students more employable,” said a high placed university official.mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Al-Ameen Mission bags top three positions in board exam
Mou Chakraborty,
Kolkata, May 23, 2007
It is a win-win situation for the Al-Ameen Mission School, Howrah. All the three probable toppers for the High Madrasah exam are from this institution.
The High Madrasah examination is equivalent to Madhymik. Safiqul Hassan, son of a farmer in Hooghly, secured 97.2 per cent and is the probable topper. Mohosin Baidya followed with 96.8 per cent. The third position went to Shekh Amir Ali with 90.3 per cent.
Nurul Islam, the school secretary, revealed the secret behind the institution’s success. “We admit poor but meritorious students through an admission test. The children know they can fulfil their dreams only through studies,” explained Islam. “Education is almost free for them, and the students don’t suffer too many distractions, as ours is a residential school. As a result, the students are able to concentrate on their studies,” he added.
Hassan wants to become a doctor and treat people living in the villages. Baidya and Ali, on the other hand, said they would opt for engineering.
This year, 22,325 students appeared in High Madrasah and the pass percentage was 66.21 per cent. While 3,069 students took the Alim exam, 63.63 per cent cleared it. The Fazil exam, which is equivalent to the Higher Secondary was taken by 497 students and 83.44 per cent passed. The Kamil exam, equivalent to graduation, was taken by 361 students and 83.84 per cent cleared it. And all the 217 students taking the MM exam, which is equivalent to Masters, passed the examination.
The exams are conducted by the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education and the results can be accessed through the board’s website www.wbmadrasahboard.org.
In order to prevent any forgery of mark sheets, board, this year, has introduced a unique ink mark on them. “There is a black mark on all the mark sheets. It turns white when it is exposed to temperatures above 45 degrees. It becomes black again when brought back to normal temperature. This is a special imported ink, and forging is impossible,” said Soharab Hussain, the board president.
The board had earlier introduced holograms to prevent forgery and they will be there this year, too. In its attempt to bring Higher Madrasah at par with Madhymik from the new academic session, geography will upgraded to a 100-mark course from the present 50. The school began distributing the mark sheets and certificates from Wednesday.
mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Kolkata, May 23, 2007
It is a win-win situation for the Al-Ameen Mission School, Howrah. All the three probable toppers for the High Madrasah exam are from this institution.
The High Madrasah examination is equivalent to Madhymik. Safiqul Hassan, son of a farmer in Hooghly, secured 97.2 per cent and is the probable topper. Mohosin Baidya followed with 96.8 per cent. The third position went to Shekh Amir Ali with 90.3 per cent.
Nurul Islam, the school secretary, revealed the secret behind the institution’s success. “We admit poor but meritorious students through an admission test. The children know they can fulfil their dreams only through studies,” explained Islam. “Education is almost free for them, and the students don’t suffer too many distractions, as ours is a residential school. As a result, the students are able to concentrate on their studies,” he added.
Hassan wants to become a doctor and treat people living in the villages. Baidya and Ali, on the other hand, said they would opt for engineering.
This year, 22,325 students appeared in High Madrasah and the pass percentage was 66.21 per cent. While 3,069 students took the Alim exam, 63.63 per cent cleared it. The Fazil exam, which is equivalent to the Higher Secondary was taken by 497 students and 83.44 per cent passed. The Kamil exam, equivalent to graduation, was taken by 361 students and 83.84 per cent cleared it. And all the 217 students taking the MM exam, which is equivalent to Masters, passed the examination.
The exams are conducted by the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education and the results can be accessed through the board’s website www.wbmadrasahboard.org.
In order to prevent any forgery of mark sheets, board, this year, has introduced a unique ink mark on them. “There is a black mark on all the mark sheets. It turns white when it is exposed to temperatures above 45 degrees. It becomes black again when brought back to normal temperature. This is a special imported ink, and forging is impossible,” said Soharab Hussain, the board president.
The board had earlier introduced holograms to prevent forgery and they will be there this year, too. In its attempt to bring Higher Madrasah at par with Madhymik from the new academic session, geography will upgraded to a 100-mark course from the present 50. The school began distributing the mark sheets and certificates from Wednesday.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Turn on the music to teach English grammer
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 22, 2007
Want to teach grammar to students? Well, how about turning on the music! Want to introduce a new English word in the class? Just pick up a chart buster top of the pops and play it in the class.
These are the tricks of the trade being taught by English language training expert Jennifer R Crandall to over 80 school, college and universities teachers from all over the state. The two day workshop organised by American Library aims at helping teachers to make teaching English enjoyable.
Music can be used in a classroom to enhance listening skills, promote critical thinking and encourage discussion. “Using music as a teaching tool generates interest among the students and they do not forget their lessons in a hurry,” said Crandall. “This technique can be applied to all level of learners, right from the kindergarten to the university,” she added.
According to Crandall, teachers can use English songs in the class to introduce and explain new words. Taking a step further, the students can be asked to explain the meaning of the lyrics. “This can be done by asking students to frame questions on the lyrics and also prepare multiple choice answers. In this way, the student never tends to forget what he has learnt. Teachers can also understand who are the weak students without an exam,” she added.
Music can be used to teach the students grammar and while introducing or wrapping up a chapter in class. Say if a teacher is teaching adjectives, she can leave a blank on every seven or ten words and ask the students to fill them up. And in that way she can introduce or wrap up the topic in class,” Crandall added.
Music can also talk about burning topics like alienation of the youth. “If we are trying to discuss youth alienation, I would introduce a song named ‘Superman’ by the Canadian group 5 4 Fighting. I would ask the students what Superman means to them. The song talks about alienation and by discussing it we encourage the students to discuss their links with society. By discussing problems with their peers, students can get relief,” Crandall said.
But finding the right song to teach the subject can be difficult. “It needs a thorough research by a teacher to pinpoint the right song. It can be popular or unknown, but the lyrics should help them to explain whatever she is teaching,” Crandall said. “There are many websites which helps the teachers to hunt for songs with ‘right lyrics’, which the teachers can log on to,” Crandall added. The teachers can also pick up songs from the weekly list of top ten English songs given on the Internet and newspapers.
(mou.hindstanimes@yahoo.com)
Kolkata, May 22, 2007
Want to teach grammar to students? Well, how about turning on the music! Want to introduce a new English word in the class? Just pick up a chart buster top of the pops and play it in the class.
These are the tricks of the trade being taught by English language training expert Jennifer R Crandall to over 80 school, college and universities teachers from all over the state. The two day workshop organised by American Library aims at helping teachers to make teaching English enjoyable.
Music can be used in a classroom to enhance listening skills, promote critical thinking and encourage discussion. “Using music as a teaching tool generates interest among the students and they do not forget their lessons in a hurry,” said Crandall. “This technique can be applied to all level of learners, right from the kindergarten to the university,” she added.
According to Crandall, teachers can use English songs in the class to introduce and explain new words. Taking a step further, the students can be asked to explain the meaning of the lyrics. “This can be done by asking students to frame questions on the lyrics and also prepare multiple choice answers. In this way, the student never tends to forget what he has learnt. Teachers can also understand who are the weak students without an exam,” she added.
Music can be used to teach the students grammar and while introducing or wrapping up a chapter in class. Say if a teacher is teaching adjectives, she can leave a blank on every seven or ten words and ask the students to fill them up. And in that way she can introduce or wrap up the topic in class,” Crandall added.
Music can also talk about burning topics like alienation of the youth. “If we are trying to discuss youth alienation, I would introduce a song named ‘Superman’ by the Canadian group 5 4 Fighting. I would ask the students what Superman means to them. The song talks about alienation and by discussing it we encourage the students to discuss their links with society. By discussing problems with their peers, students can get relief,” Crandall said.
But finding the right song to teach the subject can be difficult. “It needs a thorough research by a teacher to pinpoint the right song. It can be popular or unknown, but the lyrics should help them to explain whatever she is teaching,” Crandall said. “There are many websites which helps the teachers to hunt for songs with ‘right lyrics’, which the teachers can log on to,” Crandall added. The teachers can also pick up songs from the weekly list of top ten English songs given on the Internet and newspapers.
(mou.hindstanimes@yahoo.com)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Multiple choice makes the difference in WBJEE
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 21, 2007
Despite scepticism about multiple-choice questions for WBJEE, the decision was vindicated when many successful candidates in this years’ exam credited their performance to that fact.
Take the case of Abhishek Rai who passed his Class XII exams in 2004 from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Burdwan. After three failed attempts, he topped the medical entrance exams this year. “Multiple-choice questions are a part of most all-India competitive exams. So, when WBJEE stared the MCQ pattern, I did not require separate preparation and that had a lot to do with my improved performance,” the topper said.
Monodeep Kar of Uttarpara Government High School has come 2nd and 9th in the engineering and medical entrance exams respectively. Monodeep is keen to study computer science at any IIT and would wait till the announcement of IITJEE results, before making the final decision. Contesting the opinion of many state board students, his father Nirmal said, “MCQ cannot be a problem for students of any board if they study their textbooks thoroughly. On the contrary, it helps them prepare for a wide range of competitive exams.”
Rubaina Siddique has come 7th in the medical entrance on her third attempt. Currently, studying B.Tech in information technology from the Calcutta Institute of Technology, Rubaina cannot wait to step inside Medical College. “I have always aspired to become a doctor and this time I feel the MCQ pattern made all the difference. While taking the exam we have to think about the answer but if choices are provided and one has studied well, it becomes easier to choose the correct answer,” she said.
The West Bengal Board of Joint Entrance Exam has decided to retain the MCQ pattern, but they would be introducing a new element for next years’ exams. Announcements would be made later.
“This years’ results prove that state board students are comfortable with the MCQ pattern. Since this pattern is followed in IITJEE and All-India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE), the task of preparing for these exams will become easier,” said V.K. Shome, principal of Pathfinder, a popular coaching institute.
Continuing last few years’ trend, lesser-known schools — many from the districts — have outshone their more well-known city counterparts in this years’ WBJEE.
The top position for engineering has gone to Subhasish Das of Bolpur Nichupati Nirad Barani High School, while the medical entrance topper is from Burdwan, as mentioned earlier. Kolkata schools have failed to secure a place in the top 10, apart from Uddipata Maity of Araidaha Kalachand High School who stood 4th and South Point High School student Aashish Kumar, who came 6th in engineering. Also, two students from Rajasthan have featured in the WBJEE top-ten.
However, from next year, outstation exams centres have been abolished and candidates will have to travel to the state to sit for the exam. Also, from this year, successful medical candidates will have to produce a domicile certificate, failing which their admission will be cancelled.
Talking about the failure of city candidates to secure top spots in the exams, N.R. Banerjea, chairman of the WBJEE board, said, “This definitely does not mean that city students are bad. It only shows that the format of the exam has been accepted by students all over and meritorious students have outperformed others.”
mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Kolkata, May 21, 2007
Despite scepticism about multiple-choice questions for WBJEE, the decision was vindicated when many successful candidates in this years’ exam credited their performance to that fact.
Take the case of Abhishek Rai who passed his Class XII exams in 2004 from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Burdwan. After three failed attempts, he topped the medical entrance exams this year. “Multiple-choice questions are a part of most all-India competitive exams. So, when WBJEE stared the MCQ pattern, I did not require separate preparation and that had a lot to do with my improved performance,” the topper said.
Monodeep Kar of Uttarpara Government High School has come 2nd and 9th in the engineering and medical entrance exams respectively. Monodeep is keen to study computer science at any IIT and would wait till the announcement of IITJEE results, before making the final decision. Contesting the opinion of many state board students, his father Nirmal said, “MCQ cannot be a problem for students of any board if they study their textbooks thoroughly. On the contrary, it helps them prepare for a wide range of competitive exams.”
Rubaina Siddique has come 7th in the medical entrance on her third attempt. Currently, studying B.Tech in information technology from the Calcutta Institute of Technology, Rubaina cannot wait to step inside Medical College. “I have always aspired to become a doctor and this time I feel the MCQ pattern made all the difference. While taking the exam we have to think about the answer but if choices are provided and one has studied well, it becomes easier to choose the correct answer,” she said.
The West Bengal Board of Joint Entrance Exam has decided to retain the MCQ pattern, but they would be introducing a new element for next years’ exams. Announcements would be made later.
“This years’ results prove that state board students are comfortable with the MCQ pattern. Since this pattern is followed in IITJEE and All-India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE), the task of preparing for these exams will become easier,” said V.K. Shome, principal of Pathfinder, a popular coaching institute.
Continuing last few years’ trend, lesser-known schools — many from the districts — have outshone their more well-known city counterparts in this years’ WBJEE.
The top position for engineering has gone to Subhasish Das of Bolpur Nichupati Nirad Barani High School, while the medical entrance topper is from Burdwan, as mentioned earlier. Kolkata schools have failed to secure a place in the top 10, apart from Uddipata Maity of Araidaha Kalachand High School who stood 4th and South Point High School student Aashish Kumar, who came 6th in engineering. Also, two students from Rajasthan have featured in the WBJEE top-ten.
However, from next year, outstation exams centres have been abolished and candidates will have to travel to the state to sit for the exam. Also, from this year, successful medical candidates will have to produce a domicile certificate, failing which their admission will be cancelled.
Talking about the failure of city candidates to secure top spots in the exams, N.R. Banerjea, chairman of the WBJEE board, said, “This definitely does not mean that city students are bad. It only shows that the format of the exam has been accepted by students all over and meritorious students have outperformed others.”
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Fast track admission option in state engineering colleges
Mou Chakraborty,
Kolkata, May 21, 2007
From this year, a limited number of candidates who have the money to spare can get direct admission to private engineering colleges in the state, in their choice of subject. Provided they have appeared in the list of successful candidates.
The state government from this year has allowed private engineering colleges a 10 per cent management and NRI quota, to fill up seats. But, in return, the government has asked the 62 private colleges to offer 10 per cent seats free and 5 per cent seats at half the standard fees to needy students.
The management and NRI quota students will not have to appear for counselling and can approach colleges directly. But, while management quota students have to be among the 45,000 rank-holders in this years’ WBJEE, students seeking admission through the NRI quota need not even appear for the WBJEE. “We cannot expect a student coming from Australia or the US to have taken WBJEE. They can take direct admission if they are other wise eligible. The state will follow the Supreme Court guideline regarding fees and admission procedures through management/NRI quota,” said Sudarsan Roychoudhuri, state higher education minister.
“In the past, colleges have illegally admitted some students even after counselling got over. By offering them the quota, we have given them a chance to do it legally. But, we will set up a monitoring cell to check whether they are indeed offering seats to poor students,” said Roychoudhuri.
The Central Selection Committee, that conducts counselling for engineering aspirants, however, has not received any government order regarding implementation. The committee will counsel 80 per cent students from WBJEE and 10 per cent students from AIEEE to fill up 17,000 seats in private and government engineering colleges in the state.
Last year, the government had to publish a merit list of upto 80,000 rank-holders to fill up vacant seats in the private engineering colleges. This year, counselling for engineering will be preceded by medical and IITJEE counselling, to reduce dropout rates.
mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Kolkata, May 21, 2007
From this year, a limited number of candidates who have the money to spare can get direct admission to private engineering colleges in the state, in their choice of subject. Provided they have appeared in the list of successful candidates.
The state government from this year has allowed private engineering colleges a 10 per cent management and NRI quota, to fill up seats. But, in return, the government has asked the 62 private colleges to offer 10 per cent seats free and 5 per cent seats at half the standard fees to needy students.
The management and NRI quota students will not have to appear for counselling and can approach colleges directly. But, while management quota students have to be among the 45,000 rank-holders in this years’ WBJEE, students seeking admission through the NRI quota need not even appear for the WBJEE. “We cannot expect a student coming from Australia or the US to have taken WBJEE. They can take direct admission if they are other wise eligible. The state will follow the Supreme Court guideline regarding fees and admission procedures through management/NRI quota,” said Sudarsan Roychoudhuri, state higher education minister.
“In the past, colleges have illegally admitted some students even after counselling got over. By offering them the quota, we have given them a chance to do it legally. But, we will set up a monitoring cell to check whether they are indeed offering seats to poor students,” said Roychoudhuri.
The Central Selection Committee, that conducts counselling for engineering aspirants, however, has not received any government order regarding implementation. The committee will counsel 80 per cent students from WBJEE and 10 per cent students from AIEEE to fill up 17,000 seats in private and government engineering colleges in the state.
Last year, the government had to publish a merit list of upto 80,000 rank-holders to fill up vacant seats in the private engineering colleges. This year, counselling for engineering will be preceded by medical and IITJEE counselling, to reduce dropout rates.
mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
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