New entrance test to IITs, NITs non-discriminatory: Pallam Raju
15 Aug 2013 4:41 AM IST
The new format of entrance test to IITs and NITs is ‘non-discriminatory’ and has resulted in a ‘perceptible increase’ in the number of girl students and those coming from rural areas compared to previous years, HRD minister M M Pallam Raju has said.
In a letter to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who had brought to Raju’s notice the students affected due to the policy change, the Union minister said students from that state were still the single largest group from any state qualifying in the JEE (Mains) Examination.
‘I am happy to share with you that as per the last two years trend, still one out of every fifth student in every thousand ranks up to a rank of 15,000 is from Andhra Pradesh,’ Raju said.
In a letter to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, who had brought to Raju’s notice the students affected due to the policy change, the Union minister said students from that state were still the single largest group from any state qualifying in the JEE (Mains) Examination.
‘I am happy to share with you that as per the last two years trend, still one out of every fifth student in every thousand ranks up to a rank of 15,000 is from Andhra Pradesh,’ Raju said.
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