New Delhi: D. Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) stated that a committee has been formed to look at the possibility of having common entrance exam in lieu of Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE), All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) and other state entrance examinations. He said this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
As per sources, the committee that has been formed for the purpose will be called as Acharya Committee and is headed by Damodar Acharya, Director, IIT-Kharagpur. The committee has already given numerous suggestions. One of the main suggestions is that the scores of Class 12 qualifying examinations should be normalized appropriately across all Boards and they should also be used to capture the School Science Performance (SSP), sources added.
Another recommendation of the committee speaks about the launch of National Aptitude Test (NAT) that would be used to capture parameters of interest in a student such as raw intelligence, aptitude general awareness, comprehension and written communication skills. In addition, the Acharya Committee also recommended that a Composite Weighted Performance (CWP) score, that will be a summation of the Class 12 as well as the NAT scores, should be computed for screening purposes.
