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  • JMET to go, IITs to use only CAT score for admission.

    Admission to the management courses of the IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) will no longer require Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) scores. It was recently announced that JMET would be scrapped and the IITs would accept only the CAT scores.

    This move comes closely after the statement by the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman, S.S. Mantha that there should be only one entrance exam for all MBA aspirants. While the HRD ministry, in a press release, said that it would not be possible to have one exam for all management programmes, this move by the IITs is expected to ease pressure on students, say academics.

    For the last four years, the IITs were accepting both the CAT and JMET scores. “There was a large number of students who took both the examinations. There is very little difference between the pattern of the two examinations, as both focus on assessing the aptitude of students,” says Prof. L.S. Ganesh, Department of Management Studies, IIT-Madras.

    The quantitative section of the JMET is, however, considered to be more aligned to mathematics. “It is a myth that the JMET is taken only by engineering graduates. IITs require the applicant to have completed four years of any graduation programme,” said Mr. Ganesh. The IITs will continue to lay emphasis on the section-wise score of applicants, rather than the percentile scores. “Even a small difference of 0.25 marks in every section will make a difference in the selection process, which is not effectively reflected in the percentile scores,” says Mr. Ganesh.

    Source : The Hindu

  • Move over tech grads: IT firms.

    A shift in the hiring pattern of IT companies and BPOs has been noticed. As companies are increasingly resorting to cost-cutting measures, instead of hiring only engineering graduates, companies are recruiting normal graduates for all lower level jobs. Simultaneously, the tech student fraternity is apprehensive about ending up working for Call centres or a BPO and so, most engineering graduates are opting for further studies, especially MBA and MCA courses.

    “Hiring has seriously decreased in Andhra Pradesh and moreover, a clear shift in the hiring pattern has emerged recently. Unlike earlier trends, there is lesser demand for engineering graduates. These professionals are hired for a few posts, while for the rest of the posts, like working under a team leader, graduates from any stream are being recruited,” said a senior JKC official. The hiring pattern on one hand is benefiting normal graduates, and on the other, is benefiting the companies recruiting them. The management is able to achieve cost cutting targets to some extent as the salaries paid to non-engineering graduates is between 1.5 to 2.5 lakhs per annum for entry level jobs.

    In case of entry level tech graduates the package is double to begin with. The general graduates on the other hand are perfect candidates for the BPO jobs since tech ones graduates are deemed overqualified for such jobs. “Meanwhile, tech students are eager to make the most of the fee reimbursement scheme of the government and are opting for additional qualifications with MBA and MCA courses being their preferred choice. This way they acquire extra qualifications and demand better salaries, and also they do not have to think about the fees!” the JKC official added.

    Source : DC

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