Anxious wait for architecture students as rank list delayed

Anxious wait for architecture students as rank list delayed

Farheen.Hussain@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru: 24.11.2020

A delay in announcing the architecture rank list by the Karnataka Examinations Authority is giving the students and parents the jitters.

As per the KEA’s website, the list was to be announced after 8pm on November 21, however no updates were available till Monday night.

A parent told TOI that a group of parents had visited the KEA office to get some clarity on the issue, but in vain. “Colleges outside Karnataka have even wrapped up their admission process. We’ll neither be here nor there if a decision is not taken soon,” a parent said.

A student said architecture colleges outside the state have completed two to three rounds of counselling. “For many of us, it’s a childhood dream to become architects and now there’s so much uncertainty around it,” she rued.

Parents also took to social media platforms to voice their concerns.

A parent tweeted on Sunday: “CET architecture rank list was supposed to be published yesterday (Saturday) by 8pm. More than 24 hrs since the deadline, neither the list is published, nor there is any update. Irresponsible KEA.” (sic) Another parent tweeted, seeking the intervention of Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya.

JEE yet to provide data: KEA official

As per the rules, 50% of either the highest score of the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) or the highest score of the JEE and the class 12 marks will be considered for the NATA ranking for admissions to bachelor of architecture course in Karnataka colleges.

Candidates must secure a valid rank in the NATA exam and appear for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) counselling process to be allocated seats. JEE Main qualified candidates can also apply for BArch admissions in Karnataka through the KCET counselling process. KEA then releases a rank list based on the NATA scores or JEE scores secured by applicants.

A KEA official said they are waiting for some data from JEE and that is causing the delay. “We had asked the JEE for marks of students which they provided in percentile. Their database also has some details missing like marks of some students. We will send a query again and try to publish the list in the next two days,” he said, adding that though KEA understands the anxiety that parents and students are undergoing, they cannot publish the list without complete data.