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  • A testing day for AIEEE students.

    HYDERABAD: The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) that was held across 60 centres in the city turned out to be a harrowing experience for thousands of students as it was postponed for nearly three hours following the question paper leak in Uttar Pradesh.

    The examination (BE) that was scheduled to be held at 9 am, began only around noon. The AIEEE is held in two parts __ bachelor of engineering and bachelor of architecture. Students writing both the parts had to stay at the examination centres all through the day, from 9 am to 7 pm.

    For students who were appearing for the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) entrance examination along with AIEEE had to give the latter a miss as per the CBSE directions. The test will be held for these students on May 8.

    Meanwhile, at some centres where both AIEEE and AFMC were scheduled for the day, AFMC exam was deferred for two hours to avoid clash of timing. About 300 students from the city appeared for AFMC exams.

    As per the original schedule, AIEEE (BE) was to be held from 9 am to 12 noon and AFMC exam in the afternoon session from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm in the about twenty examination centres in the city.

    The out-station students were most affected due to these sudden postponements. “We had booked our return tickets on the same day. Now we have to spend a night in the city,” said B Sarath Kumar, a student from Bangalore. Sarath had come to the city along with nine of his friends to write AIEEE.

    Another student whose centre was at Little Flower High School, Secunderabad said she was informed of the reschedule of the examination around 11 am on Sunday. “I have to write other competitive examinations including AIIMS and JIPMER in the coming days. If AIEEE was conducted as per schedule I would have got more time to concentrate on these examinations,” she said.

    As per CBSE instructions, students who missed the examination on Sunday will be given a chance on May 8.

    AIEEE teachers from the city said that the examination should have been held on the same day. “Now students can challenge CBSE’s decision to conduct separate examination on May 8 in court as it does not ensure fair assessment for all,” said a course coordinator, AIEEE.

    Meanwhile, the examination did not throw up many surprises for the students. There were 90 questions carrying 360 marks. While Physics paper was found to be lengthy and difficult, Maths was relatively easy. About 2.5 lakh students from the state appeared for AIEEE.

    Source : TOI

  • Intermediate stars have no money to shine.

    HYDERABAD: After the initial euphoria, it’s time for a reality check. Some Intermediate toppers are so poor that a higher education they dream may just remain that. Among these are state topper (MPC) Ch Bharath and Sabahat Bader (BiPC) as well as other high scorers such as D Adambee, B Shravya and Sheik Reshma Begum.

    Parents of all five students on Friday said that they have little means to fund their wards’ desire to pursue medicine/engineering courses.

    Ch Bharath’s (993) mother Sujatha has been rolling beedis to pay his school fees since his debt-ridden father committed suicide. For Bharath, finding the tuition fee (Rs 75,000-100,000) is harder than cracking the entrance for his choice of colleges such as BITS-Pilani or IITs. “My father had killed himself over debt. So, borrowing from moneylenders isn’t an inviting option. I am left with limited options such as a regular BSc or diploma in engineering to cut down the expenditure,” said Bharath. He, however, is preparing for Eamcet and BITSAT hoping that some of his neighbours may chip in. His college management has also reportedly offered help.

    For D Adambee (962), daughter of two farm labourers, her engineering plans are on hold. “Even with a fee waiver, we cannot afford to pay for basic requirements such as books and hostel,” her father Moula Ali said. He said that Technical Teacher Training (TTC), a one-year course with affordable fee, is all that he can afford.

    While BiPC topper Sabahat Bader (991) said money problems prevented her from taking full-time coaching. Her father Md Badruddin, a government junior lecturer, said that she would be appearing for the entrance with just a month’s preparation since he could not afford the two-year coaching fee as he has four more children. Even as her father assured her he would find a way to fund her MBBS education if she secures a medical college seat, Sabahat was not too confident about scoring high with little preparation.

    Two other toppers, B Shravya (daughter of a police constable) and Sheik Reshma Begum (daughter of a fruit vendor) who scored 986 and 951 marks respectively are worried they would have to give up their MBBS dreams and opt for BPharmacy.
    “If one were to find out the whereabouts of all the rank holders of SSC and Intermediate public examination in the past one decade alone, one would find many missing students. They are like shooting stars. They shine bright but soon die out because they are not privileged,” said Prof G Hargopal, rights acitivist and a University of Hyderabad faculty.

    Source : TOI

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