Counselling begins
Prelude:
The TNPCEE(Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Examination) is a common entrance test(CET) for students aspiring to pursue professional courses such as medicine & engineering.
Recently the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa Jayaram of the ruling AIADMK party announced that the CET had been abolished with immediate effect, even though the students had bought the CET application forms for a significant fee and had already taken the tests.But this rule of the government was forcefully revoked for the current year, to the relief of 1000's of students, thanks to the intervention of the Supreme Court that upheld the ruling of the Madras High Court.
The reasons for the governments decision to abolish the CET were:
1. The move would benefit numerous students from rural areas, who do not have access or could not afford training for the CET.
2.Improvement candidates from southern districts had an unfair advantage and accounted for most med school admissions.
3. Curb growth of profit monging schools that have mushroomed all over the state focussing specifically on CET training.
Instead of focussing on solving the problem & empowering rural students with tools to succeed, the administration assumes the problem is solved simply by scrapping the CET. Many questions remain unanswered, mainly about the quality of student-input if admissions are going to be based only on the marks obtained in 3 major subjects- Math, Physics & Chemistry considering the fact that each year 1000's of students from State Board score 100% in these major subjects. The fate of CBSE(Central Board of Secondary Education) students? CBSE is considered one of the best and most challenging educational systems in the country. Scoring even a 90% in a CBSE medium is a daunting task. CET was the only hope for these students to salvage some pride & manage admits to good engineering schools.
Counselling begins:
After all the chaos and confusion the counselling via the single window system started a week back and the top 3 students chose:
Aeronautical Engineering in MIT,
Mechanical Engineering in CEG- Guindy and
Electronics & Communication Engineering in PSG Tech.
The TNPCEE(Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Examination) is a common entrance test(CET) for students aspiring to pursue professional courses such as medicine & engineering.
Recently the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa Jayaram of the ruling AIADMK party announced that the CET had been abolished with immediate effect, even though the students had bought the CET application forms for a significant fee and had already taken the tests.But this rule of the government was forcefully revoked for the current year, to the relief of 1000's of students, thanks to the intervention of the Supreme Court that upheld the ruling of the Madras High Court.
The reasons for the governments decision to abolish the CET were:
1. The move would benefit numerous students from rural areas, who do not have access or could not afford training for the CET.
2.Improvement candidates from southern districts had an unfair advantage and accounted for most med school admissions.
3. Curb growth of profit monging schools that have mushroomed all over the state focussing specifically on CET training.
Instead of focussing on solving the problem & empowering rural students with tools to succeed, the administration assumes the problem is solved simply by scrapping the CET. Many questions remain unanswered, mainly about the quality of student-input if admissions are going to be based only on the marks obtained in 3 major subjects- Math, Physics & Chemistry considering the fact that each year 1000's of students from State Board score 100% in these major subjects. The fate of CBSE(Central Board of Secondary Education) students? CBSE is considered one of the best and most challenging educational systems in the country. Scoring even a 90% in a CBSE medium is a daunting task. CET was the only hope for these students to salvage some pride & manage admits to good engineering schools.
Counselling begins:
After all the chaos and confusion the counselling via the single window system started a week back and the top 3 students chose:
Aeronautical Engineering in MIT,
Mechanical Engineering in CEG- Guindy and
Electronics & Communication Engineering in PSG Tech.
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