Entrance tests to professional courses
Students from rural areas will find it difficult to reach the cut-off marks
Though aspirants to undergraduate medicine courses took the NEET
examinations a few days ago, the controversy surrounding it has not died
down. Political parties and parents continue to voice opinion for and
against the eligibility test.
If the government were to introduce a similar examination for admission to engineering courses, the consequences will be varied. Academics here say that the quality of education will improve. The students who clear such an entrance test will come with the aptitude and skill required for engineering courses.
This will result in improvement in pass percentage in colleges, says S. Chenthurpandian, principal of a city engineering college. At present many colleges see fewer than 70 % of the students completing engineering courses. This is likely to improve.
Having an entrance examination will also see fewer students discontinuing courses because of accumulating arrears examination.
This will also see improvement in placements for students as those students who clear entrance examination to secure engineering seats will be able to easily crack placement interviews, says a placement officer of a city college.
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few academics say that entrance examination will also see colleges
gaining in admission. Of the 550-odd colleges in the State, over 200
institutions see fewer than 50 per cent admission. An entrance
examination will see students from other parts of the country taking
seats in colleges in the State and that means colleges not closing down.
But this will help only those colleges that see near cent per cent admission, says G.K. Nagaraj, a director, Professional Group of Institutions. Many students from rural areas and Tamil medium will not be able to make it past the cut-off mark.
At present, all students who clear Plus-Two are eligible for engineering course and that means more admissions to recently started colleges. Therefore an entrance examination for engineering will mean more trouble to young institutions, he reasons.
Karthik Madhavan
If the government were to introduce a similar examination for admission to engineering courses, the consequences will be varied. Academics here say that the quality of education will improve. The students who clear such an entrance test will come with the aptitude and skill required for engineering courses.
This will result in improvement in pass percentage in colleges, says S. Chenthurpandian, principal of a city engineering college. At present many colleges see fewer than 70 % of the students completing engineering courses. This is likely to improve.
Having an entrance examination will also see fewer students discontinuing courses because of accumulating arrears examination.
This will also see improvement in placements for students as those students who clear entrance examination to secure engineering seats will be able to easily crack placement interviews, says a placement officer of a city college.
But this will help only those colleges that see near cent per cent admission, says G.K. Nagaraj, a director, Professional Group of Institutions. Many students from rural areas and Tamil medium will not be able to make it past the cut-off mark.
At present, all students who clear Plus-Two are eligible for engineering course and that means more admissions to recently started colleges. Therefore an entrance examination for engineering will mean more trouble to young institutions, he reasons.
Karthik Madhavan
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