Resolution on common test for science, engg on cards: Sibal

Updated on: Thursday, January 19, 2012

Kapil Sibal said a "resolution" on holding a common countrywide test for admission to undergraduate programmes in science and engineering is on the cards.

"We are heading towards a resolution on holding the common test," he told reporters after an extensive deliberation by ministry officials on the issue.

Another round of meeting is expected before the proposal is put before the Central Advisory Board of Education for final approval.
 
This meeting is understood to have decided on a formula for preparing an all-India merit list based on the combined weightage given to class XII exam and to a common test. The test will examine a students logic and non-subject matters.
 
Sibal had earlier said that weightage would be given to the marks obtained in class XII boards after the results are equalised for which Indian Statistical Institute will put in place a mathematical formula for equalisation.
 
The IIT council and the NIT council have already given their nod to the test.
 
The government had constituted a committee under Secretary to the department of science and technology T Ramasami to examine implementation of a single entrance test. Six options were suggested for holding the test.
 
The single test, which is expected to be implemented during the 2013-14 academic session, is aimed at reducing the burden of students from appearing in multiple entrance tests.

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