(a) whether there is any proposal to introduce Common Entrance
Test for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses
for all central university colleges and institutions;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether there is any shortcomings in the current system
for admission to undergraduate and post-graduate courses;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the reasons for imposing another burden on the students?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a) to (e) In a Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central
Universities held recently, there was a consensus that the
present college/ institution specific system of admission to
undergraduate courses places immense burden on the students/
applicants as well as parents. Therefore, the admission
procedure needs to be modified in a manner that the marks
obtained in class 12 and the scores obtained in a common
national level aptitude test should get appropriate weightage.
For admission to postgraduate programmes, the basis could be
marks obtained at the graduate level and a common test to
assess the aptitude and knowledge in the subject concerned.
The modalities in this regard, however, would be worked out by
each Central University keeping in view their specific requirements.