(a) whether the Government proposes to introduce new marking and ranking
systems for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Main from 2019;
(b) if so, the present system pattern vis-à-vis new systems of evaluation
therefor;
(c) the details of new process and the manner in which the students would
benefit from the percentile scoring thereof; and
(d) the details of expert committee report and the scope of employment
therein?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) to (c): The pattern and marking remains the same in the new system of
Joint Entrance Examination (Main). However, since the new system involves two
attempts in a single year and candidates are appearing in different shifts, the
ranking in the new system is based on the better of the two attempts and
percentile score. Some of the benefits of the new system are:-
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(i) one more opportunity to the students to improve their scores in
examination, if they fail to give their best in first attempt without
wasting their whole academic year.
(ii) opportunity to a student to get first-hand experience of taking an
examination and to know their mistakes which he can improve
while attempting for the second time.
(iii) the new system will reduce chances of dropping a year for a
student who could not score better in the first attempt.
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(d): The Expert Committee, which consisted of academicians from Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), All India
Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Medical Council of India (MCI), Indian
Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), had recommended
adoption of above procedure based on percentile score for the ranking of
candidates of JEE (Main) in 2019.
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