Shattered Child-hood Dreams

due toIrregularities in IIT - JEE

Admissions::

Reforms & Strengthening JEE

http://eklavyajee06.blogspot.com/

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Chiledhood Dreaming Stressed Society Uncertain Future Exploitation by

coachings

@Hindu 08 Jan. 2007

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Maths Physics Chemistry

Aggregate

Result

1. 36 116 127 279 Not Qualified

2. 101 96 54 251 Not Qualified

3. 91 94 53 238 Not Qualified

4. 75 104 52 231 Not Qualified

5. 37 48 69 154 Qualified

6. 45 56 55 156 Qualified

7. 45 56 55 156 Qualified

Prestigious & Toughest YET Black-boxed

No question papers/solutions given; No marksheet

First Disclosure Revelations for JEE 2006

Catastrophic fall : Selection Irregularities

Students with as high as above 50 marks were not selected.

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Maths Physics Chemistry Aggregate Result; AIR

In JEE 2009 (total marks in each subject were 160) 1. 16 134 119 269 Qualified,

12342. 12 88 85 185 Qualified3. 77 15 88 180 Qualified4. 109 107 13 229 Qualified,

3061

In JEE 2008 (total marks in each subject were 162) 5. 10 106 76 192 Qualified6. 122 8 66 196 Qualified7. 96 109 15 220 Qualified,

2903

In 2006, Students with as high as above 50 marks were not selected.

Another Catastrophic fall in Standards Students with as low as 8 (5 %) were

qualified.

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Maths Physics Chemistry

Aggregate

2006 37 48 55 1542006 Cutoffs Correctly calculated to {7, 4, 6}2007 1 4 3 206

2008 5 0 3 172

2009 11 8 11 178

Selection Criterion : Have Basic Knowledge

Huge Subject cutoffs trembles to Single Digit to Zero

Similar Exams; Identical Patterns & Examinees

Yet Unstable and In-Consistent Cutoffs

If Zero, Why to have the Cutoffs? Why to have a Sword hanging on

every head?

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Issue I : Have Sensible Cutoffs

Else Just Above Zero Cutoffs vary from as low as ZERO to 55.

Isn’t it giving a Razor to Monkeys? First decide a BASIS for having the

cutoffs? Should be based on Percentile or a X

Factor. E.g.Year

Subject Cutoffs at 75% Percentile Candidates

above all these cutoffsMaths Physics Chemistr

y

2009

17 12 18 44,901

2008

26 19

26 30,310

2007

25 26 32 29,870

2006

22 20 25 28,839

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Issue II : Wrong Evaluation & Questions

In Maths 2008 :: Cutoff was 5 -- A candidate with just 10 marks was

selected -- 18 marks of questions wrongly

evaluated/Set

In Chemistry 2006 :: Student missed by 1 mark

-- 11 marks of question wrongly evaluated

-- 12 marks of questions taken from BSc books

Disclose model answers on the same day,

Invite public to send feedback on correctness,

Then freeze the answers for final evaluation,

Above is being done in Karanatka CET.

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Issue III : Marking in ORS by HB pencil

If filled by pencil, impression can be dim/faint

Proper

Rejected or

Not Recorded

Possibility of tampering No additional safeguard taken in JEE Faculty wards were found to score

huge marks

Make filling to be done by Pen (as in AIEEE)

Provide a carbon copy of ORS (as in UP SEAT),

Make open ORS at the time of result declaration.

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Issue IV : IIT indirectly promotes Coaching

Coachings display model answers on exam day

Coachings train on complex questions directly taken from undergraduate books

Coachings trap Not-Qualified Students Coachings do brisk business by

counting EMLs

Disclose model answer on the same day,

Disclose marks along with result declaration

Set conceptual/analytical questions from XII,

Do not place students scoring just 12% in EML, assign Rank to all such students as in AIEEE,

Provide unambiguous and complete information

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Issue V : Heavily Skewed Marks Distribution

Few hundreds score marks for around 10 K seats

Most others are in lower tail Makes selection of such students

mostly random Questions are unnecessary complex

without testing much analytical knowledge

Binary evaluation CANNOT test analytical skill

Introduce differential grading to test students knowledge in multi-levels rather in 2-levels

-- Will Improve dispersion and selection quality

Set balanced/proper, within syllabi, questions

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Issue VI : Poor Admission Counseling Many seats lye vacant in spite of cut

throat competition – A National Waste Some such vacant seats were offered to

their own wards without ever qualifying JEE, in IIT KGP

2006: Seats high in demand were artificially filled

Second round of admission started in 2009

Make counseling fully online as in AIEEE

Prepare a wait list and introduce sliding

Publish filled seats on day-to-day basis as in AIEEE

Publish filled-in and vacant seats Use biometrics to avoid impersonation

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Issue VII : Poor Ethics in JEE Administration

Admission decision cannot be challenged due to signing a declaration

ORS were destroyed in undue haste Wards of powerful faculty are selected . . . . . . Change THY mindset from Feudal to

Facilitator Make available model solutions, marks,

ORS, cutoffs at the time of result declaration

Correct the Errors rather taking a Legal Shield

Address every complaint before counseling

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Issue VIII : Towards Transparency

In Information Age and Being World Leaders .....

Marks are not announced at result declaration

Solutions and ORS are not made available

Student does not know any thing at the time of result declaration

Roll back : With JEE 2006 errors established, Authenticated Marksheet is not given now

Provide complete information at the time of result declaration; helps in many ways

Student can take decision to take a 2nd chance

Thanks