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The real problem is that there are not enough good quality arts science and commerce colleges to accomodate the country’s burgeoning emographics.
It will help if not just standardized tests but admissions and selection of arts/science/commerce colleges and courses are also streamlined through a single national portal like JEE for engineering and similarly for state level engineering entrances. At least let that be done for govt colleges.
It is the most absurd system to base admissions on the board exam results.
Different state boards & central boards have different syllabus, different exam pattern and different marking systems. The evaluation is subjective meaning in long questions same answer can get different marks depending who is checking it and how his mood might be at that point of time. Basing admissions on such an exam is against natural justice.
If the government is attempting to check the aptitude of the candidates what is wrong in it. If such entence exams can be the sole basis of admissions into JEE and Neet based institutions, then why Commerce and arts graduates be also not admitted on basis of common aptitude test.
Just base the admissions on a Common aptitude test and let boards be only for eligibility.
Coaching factories make absolutely good economics. Many coaching teachers are talented and supply the student with the skills and knowledge to comete.
Coaching industry will generate many jobs in private sector and that is good. Can the government create so many jobs in education? There is a bad side to coaching industry but please play down the competition. So much competition for college admissions in this country, but after a hard earned college degree students underperform at work and business.
I guess having to take 3 dozen separate exams for entry to various academic institutions is a great stress reducer. Has the author never heard of SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT? Maybe he is too deep into Isaiah Berlin!!
These exams are conducted by private companies, not by the US government.
As such exams are not the only thing about admissions to US colleges and universities – recommendation letters, essays and extracurricular work also is a major deciding factor. In India, purpose of national level and state level exams are to eliminate candidates, not about selecting
potential candidates. We are an exam oriented society, because governments have not invested enough in public education. We spend far more on defence.
A common admission exam works in the UK, France, Germany and even the US where SATs provide uniformity.
Equality is everyone taking the same exam, at the same time. The problem is not with the exam but with the lack of universities given the size of the Indian population
Does everyone go to the public government schools here?
SAT is not conducted by the government in USA.
It is conducted by a private company. Universities prefer SAT scores but it is not essential to write the SAT or GRE to get admissions to a college or university.
The US state governments spend well on public school education. Our Central Government should give more money to state governments to spend more money on public school and college infrastructure rather than wasting taxpayer money on institutions to create exams. If more good quality public schools and colleges were available so everyone can get admissions we would not need be in this mess.
There is a small yet vociferous group of individuals, habitual naysayers, negativity spreaders who perhaps have made protesting / criticising / negating as a mission of their lives. While these individuals have largely been erased from all walks of life, they still exist in 3 places. Universities sicial sciences & language departments, certain media institutions, Foreign funded NGO’s. Out of these I consider the social science teachers as most dangerous as both in school & universities they have the opportunity to corrupt young minds & fill them with hatred towards the state, its institutions. This is how they create soldiers for future. While with long term regime change diversity will come slowly into universities, still the constant naysayers do have nuisance value as of now. These communist/ leftist thinkers otherwise have no contribution towards their country and are a drain on its resources & through their media friends they try and stop all economic development whether dams, roads, industry, reforms basically anything which can lead to development of India. For example if you watch NDTV you will see a constant tirade against everything, yes everything under the Sun. The Prime time anchor just comes and vomits his hatred towards any move, every step of the state. Not even a single program done by that NDTV anchor about saubhagya scheme, Jan shan scheme, ujjwala scheme… Just blacked out. This article i put in the same category of criticism. We oppose because we have to. We want status quo, because that is where there is safety, that is what we are used to. Well, times have changed & so will things.
The real problem is that there are not enough good quality arts science and commerce colleges to accomodate the country’s burgeoning emographics.
It will help if not just standardized tests but admissions and selection of arts/science/commerce colleges and courses are also streamlined through a single national portal like JEE for engineering and similarly for state level engineering entrances. At least let that be done for govt colleges.
It is the most absurd system to base admissions on the board exam results.
Different state boards & central boards have different syllabus, different exam pattern and different marking systems. The evaluation is subjective meaning in long questions same answer can get different marks depending who is checking it and how his mood might be at that point of time. Basing admissions on such an exam is against natural justice.
If the government is attempting to check the aptitude of the candidates what is wrong in it. If such entence exams can be the sole basis of admissions into JEE and Neet based institutions, then why Commerce and arts graduates be also not admitted on basis of common aptitude test.
Just base the admissions on a Common aptitude test and let boards be only for eligibility.
Some people don’t understand simplicity at all. The author prefers his children writing 100 exams instead of 1 entrance.
Coaching factories make absolutely good economics. Many coaching teachers are talented and supply the student with the skills and knowledge to comete.
Coaching industry will generate many jobs in private sector and that is good. Can the government create so many jobs in education? There is a bad side to coaching industry but please play down the competition. So much competition for college admissions in this country, but after a hard earned college degree students underperform at work and business.
Just make Board exams tougher.
Our Board exams today only test memory, not comprehension.
I guess having to take 3 dozen separate exams for entry to various academic institutions is a great stress reducer. Has the author never heard of SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT? Maybe he is too deep into Isaiah Berlin!!
These exams are conducted by private companies, not by the US government.
As such exams are not the only thing about admissions to US colleges and universities – recommendation letters, essays and extracurricular work also is a major deciding factor. In India, purpose of national level and state level exams are to eliminate candidates, not about selecting
potential candidates. We are an exam oriented society, because governments have not invested enough in public education. We spend far more on defence.
leftists go back
A common admission exam works in the UK, France, Germany and even the US where SATs provide uniformity.
Equality is everyone taking the same exam, at the same time. The problem is not with the exam but with the lack of universities given the size of the Indian population
Does everyone go to the public government schools here?
SAT is not conducted by the government in USA.
It is conducted by a private company. Universities prefer SAT scores but it is not essential to write the SAT or GRE to get admissions to a college or university.
The US state governments spend well on public school education. Our Central Government should give more money to state governments to spend more money on public school and college infrastructure rather than wasting taxpayer money on institutions to create exams. If more good quality public schools and colleges were available so everyone can get admissions we would not need be in this mess.
you have such a leftist ant national mentality
The advantage of single test is that students don’t have to spend money to buy forms seperately for each institute.
Yeah, its all wrong. Just keep criticizing.
There is a small yet vociferous group of individuals, habitual naysayers, negativity spreaders who perhaps have made protesting / criticising / negating as a mission of their lives. While these individuals have largely been erased from all walks of life, they still exist in 3 places. Universities sicial sciences & language departments, certain media institutions, Foreign funded NGO’s. Out of these I consider the social science teachers as most dangerous as both in school & universities they have the opportunity to corrupt young minds & fill them with hatred towards the state, its institutions. This is how they create soldiers for future. While with long term regime change diversity will come slowly into universities, still the constant naysayers do have nuisance value as of now. These communist/ leftist thinkers otherwise have no contribution towards their country and are a drain on its resources & through their media friends they try and stop all economic development whether dams, roads, industry, reforms basically anything which can lead to development of India. For example if you watch NDTV you will see a constant tirade against everything, yes everything under the Sun. The Prime time anchor just comes and vomits his hatred towards any move, every step of the state. Not even a single program done by that NDTV anchor about saubhagya scheme, Jan shan scheme, ujjwala scheme… Just blacked out. This article i put in the same category of criticism. We oppose because we have to. We want status quo, because that is where there is safety, that is what we are used to. Well, times have changed & so will things.