Gujarat students may suffer in competitive exams
The recommendation by the 14-member committee to introduce semester system in class XI and XII, if accepted by Gujarat Secondary and
Higher Secondary Education Board (), might prove disadvantageous to Gujarat’s students as far as competitive examinations like All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination (AIEEE) and Pre Medical Test (PMT) are concerned.
Former chairman of the Board Ambubhai Patel believes that the semester system, if introduced, could retard their competitiveness at the national levels for admissions in medical and engineering courses. “It will be big loss to Gujarat’s students as they will be taking objective exams of first two semester and descriptive ones in last two semesters. This preparation for the last semester would practically keep them out of touch with rest of the syllabus, whereas the entrance tests are conducted on basis of a combined syllabus of class XI and XII. Our students might find it more difficult to cope with such a situation,” Patel explained.
Principals of various schools agree with this view, but they agree that in the long run it is a better system.
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November 3rd, 2010 at 9:19 PM
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