Competition for IIT's 80 per cent

Updated on: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Kolkata: Academics and experts feel that competition among coaching centres will increase if IITs pass the 80 per cent cut-off marks.

It is also thought that the proposal will make it difficult for students from a rural background to join IITs. The better students in West Bengal that score 80 per cent and above usually go to universities such as Jadavpur University.

There is also confusion over how IITs will select students as different boards have different levels of difficulty. It was previously reported that it was easier to score better in Delhi boards rather than the West Bengal’s HS where less that 5 per cent score 80 per cent and above.

Sibal’s comments are reportedly about curbing the mushrooming of coaching centres but some feel that it would have a reverse effect with coaching centres advertising that they would be able to help students achieve 80 per cent in the IIT-JEE.

Comparisons to IIMs were also made. An official from the state education department, on condition of anonymity, said that the cut-off marks for CAT administered by the IIMs was at least 50 per cent.

Competition for IIT's 80 per cent

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