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  • Panel to meet on Jan. 29 to fix Eamcet dates, curb cheating.

    Eamcet-2011 committee will meet for the first time on January 29 to finalise the schedule for issuing notification and to begin the sale of applications. Eamcet notification is likely to be issued on February 5.

    The committee comprises representatives from 25 uni versities and the officials of higher and technical education departments. The issue of “hitech cheating” in the Eamcet last year using modern gadgets is likely to prominently figure in the meeting. The committee will examine various options like installing cellphone jammers at Eamcet centres to check hitech copying.

    Eamcet will be conducted on May 8. The government has decided to conduct Eamcet on a Sunday like last year to save students from weekday traffic snarls.
    The JNTU-Hyderabad will conduct the Eamcet for the 12th year in a row.

    Prof D.N. Reddy, the Eamcet chairman, said the applications would be available in all Andhra Bank branches, e-seva centres and post offices.

    Source : DC

  • Cutoff mark 50 for engineering

    Jan. 5: From this year, just qualifying in Eamcet will no longer ensure a seat in engineering colleges too. Much to the 700-odd Engineering college’s chagrin, the state government has decided to make it mandatory for students to secure at least 50 per cent marks in Intermediate in Maths, Physics and Chemistry to be eligible for admission to engineering colleges.

    Students from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes should get at least 40 per cent. The new norm may prove disastrous for Engineering colleges as nearly 80,000 students who qualified in Eamcet last year did not secure 50 per cent marks in Inter.

    But from next year, those who do no secure 50 per cent marks will not be able to pursue Engineering courses resulting in thousands of seats remaining vacant. The requirement of 50 per cent in Intermediate was applicable only to Eamcet medical stream students in accordance with the directions of the Medical Council of India two years ago.

    The new norm, that is meant to improve standards in professional education, will be incorporated in the Eamcet notification set to be issued in the first week of February.
    This follows the decision of the All India Council for Technical Education to increase the qualifying marks from 35 per cent to 50 per cent in 10+2 exams to improve the standards in Engineering.

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