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| Thursday, Apr 05, 2007
Abolition of CET a "plausible and reasonable solution"
High Court to hear matter on April 10
Chennai: Class Twelve students of the Science stream, who appeared
for the State Board higher secondary examinations this year,
will be awarded extra marks in the Chemistry paper.
Pursuant to the filing of public interest litigation petitions,
opposing and supporting the Government decision, Higher Education
Secretary K. Ganesan filed a counter-affidavit before the First
Bench headed by Chief Justice A.P. Shah on Wednesday.
The matter, to be heard by another Division Bench headed by
Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra, was adjourned to April 10.
The counter said the Government had appointed an expert committee,
headed by former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University M. Anandakrishnan,
to evolve a scientific and a logical solution to repeated demands
from those appearing for other streams of examinations.
As per the normalisation process worked out by the committee,
the highest mark of different boards in a subject are equated
with the highest marks of the respective subject of the State
board by applying a formula.
"If the highest mark secured by a student of the State
Board in physics is 100 and the highest mark of a student of
another board in the same subject is 90, then both the highest
marks will be considered to be equal to 100."
If a student in the other board scores 60 marks in Physics,
when the top mark in the subject in the same board is 90, then
60 marks will be considered to be equal to 66.66 marks, as per
the formula.
"Unnecessary hardship"
The Government also submitted that the CET for admission to
professional courses had become highly expensive and a source
of unnecessary hardship for students.
The present arrangement envisaged providing a level playing
field to students from rural areas and poor families, and those
from urban areas.
The counter said even the Supreme Court had not said the CET
alone satisfied the triple test of fair, transparent and non-exploitative
method.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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