Only 36 foreign students register for JEE (A)
Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com
Mumbai:
13.05.2018
Despite holding a good ground in global rankings, IITs have failed to catch the fancy of international aspirants this year. Only 36 candidates have registered for JEE (Advanced) — the entry level test for admission to IITs — this year as against 69 last year. Eventually, only 31appeared for the test last year and seven qualified.
Not just the rankings, IITs, on their own, have been taking mindful efforts in the last few years to increase students’ diversity on campus. Only last year, the premier institutes decided to reach out to international students in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the UAE, and have been holding exams at these centres. “We have been releasing admission details from time to time on our website and are also taking all measures to promote the institutes in these countries. We approach the Indian embassies in the selected countries with all the admission data required to ensure a smooth conduct of the test,” said an official from the JEE (advanced) organising committee.
Most JEE candidates from IIT-M zone
This year too, the highest number of candidates to qualify for JEE (Advanced) is from the IIT-Madras zone, which means that students from south India comprise a lion’s share of the total IIT aspirants. IIT-Delhi zone moved one rank up this year to the second place, replacing IIT-Bombay zone that draws students from the western region. Officials attribute the change to reshuffling of centres in two cities. A professor from IIT-Bombay said that Jaipur, which was with IIT-Bombay zone, has been allocated to IIT-Delhi. Also, Bangalore which was earlier under IIT-Madras has come to IIT-Bombay. TNN
Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com
Mumbai:
13.05.2018
Despite holding a good ground in global rankings, IITs have failed to catch the fancy of international aspirants this year. Only 36 candidates have registered for JEE (Advanced) — the entry level test for admission to IITs — this year as against 69 last year. Eventually, only 31appeared for the test last year and seven qualified.
Not just the rankings, IITs, on their own, have been taking mindful efforts in the last few years to increase students’ diversity on campus. Only last year, the premier institutes decided to reach out to international students in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the UAE, and have been holding exams at these centres. “We have been releasing admission details from time to time on our website and are also taking all measures to promote the institutes in these countries. We approach the Indian embassies in the selected countries with all the admission data required to ensure a smooth conduct of the test,” said an official from the JEE (advanced) organising committee.
Most JEE candidates from IIT-M zone
This year too, the highest number of candidates to qualify for JEE (Advanced) is from the IIT-Madras zone, which means that students from south India comprise a lion’s share of the total IIT aspirants. IIT-Delhi zone moved one rank up this year to the second place, replacing IIT-Bombay zone that draws students from the western region. Officials attribute the change to reshuffling of centres in two cities. A professor from IIT-Bombay said that Jaipur, which was with IIT-Bombay zone, has been allocated to IIT-Delhi. Also, Bangalore which was earlier under IIT-Madras has come to IIT-Bombay. TNN
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