| Monday, Apr 30, 2007
Students confused over admissions
Chennai: With the Madras high court upholding the Act abolishing
the Common Entrance Test, many feel that the situation would
become complex and confusing for students during this year’s
admissions for professional courses.
As the admission this year is based solely on the class 12 board
examination marks, the value for each mark is likely to have
a great impact on the rankings of the students.
Last year, nearly 14,000 students applied for revaluation and
re-totalling, but this year the number might cross the 25,000
mark, as students cannot afford to lose even a single mark they
score in the board exams. Even a variation of one mark in subjects
like biology or maths is likely to bring the student’s
rank from 600 to 800.
Last year, there was a variation of over 30 marks for a few
students and a lesser change in marks for hundreds of students.
With more students opting for revaluation increases, the number
of students getting revised marks will also shoot up. This in
turn will affect the rankings, especially for top scorers. To
avoid such a situation, the government examination department
should put in place a foolproof system like what they do during
regular evaluation. Otherwise, there would a chance for malpractices.
The competition between students preferring top medical colleges
is also expected to be particularly high this year. Last year,
1,471 seats were available in 14 government medical colleges
and only OC and BC students with scores of above 194 or above
out of 200 in physics, chemistry and biology will have the chance
to enter a government medical college. Last year, 878 students
scored over 194 marks out of 200 in physics, chemistry and biology,
while in 2005, 8,521 students scored more than 194 out of 200.
The real problem in medical ranking, however, would be for top
scorers. In 2005, 179 students scored 200 out of 200 in physics,
chemistry and biology. In a similar situation, it would become
difficult to differentiate between the centum scorers, especially
if they vie for the 85 seats falling under the OC and BC category
in the Madras Medical College, one of the most prestigious college
in the state.
If the CBSE marks are less when compared to state board marks
then by the way of normalisation, the CBSE students will take
advantage, albeit marginally. With fear increasing among the
students that their competitors would score better in the board
examination, there is mad rush for management seats in top colleges.
Most of the top self-financing colleges have filled up their
seats even before the results have been published. Exploiting
this scenario, many self-financing colleges have also hiked
their capitation fee by 30 to 50 percent.
Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle
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