The state government on Thursday issued a notification stating that admissions in engineering colleges in Gujarat will be granted on basis of Gujarat Common Entrance Test(GUjCET) scores along with class 12 scores. The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) has been made optional.
Gujarat government has now formalized the announcement made a few months back by the state's education minister. The move is aimed to favour those Gujarat board students who do not wish to compete nationally and aim to study locally.
"Admission in state engineering colleges will be granted on basis of merit prepared giving 60 percent weightage to class 12 scores and 40 percent weightage to GujCET scores," said education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama.
"JEE has been made optional for students who wish to take admission on all India quota seats and universities which insist on JEE scores. Mandatory JEE entailed a waste of money, efforts and unnecessary tension for students who do not wish to go outside Gujarat for admission," Chudasama explained.
The surprise move to make JEE optional has drawn flak from many quarters for being regressive and lacking any long-term vision for enhancing quality of higher education.
In fact, Gujarat had volunteered to adopt JEE as a mandatory test for engineering admissions in 2009. It is being taken in Gujarati language. From 150-odd students taking admission in IIT and other institutions of national repute in 2009, this number has jumped by 800% to 1200-odd students in 2015.
"Once the students had started performing well in JEE, the state government reintroduces GujCET for populist gains before elections. This move is regressive," said a top expert requesting anonymity.
Rakesh Bansal, a class XII CBSE student said that the government's decision to notify GujCET six months before exams is not fair for central board students.
"Government should be sensitive to students who are preparing for professional courses. We will now be forced to look for GujCET training at the last minute which is not fair," said Bansal.
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