New Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/02/2011 -- The admission process at Jamia Millia Islamia university awaits a drastic makeover. From conducting 50 entrance tests every year, the university will now hold just eight tests in all for admission to all its undergraduate programmes this year, vicechancellor Najeeb Jung said.
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Jamia — a central university — starts its sale of admission forms in March and conducts written tests usually in May every year. A large number of students applying to my university come from rural areas. Seeking admission to two or more programmes means that they need to stay here longer to take different entrance tests. I want to cut down on this inconvenience. “So, we’ve decided to reduce the number of entrance examinations by almost 85 per cent.” The university intends to implement this decision by conducting a common test for all subjects under one stream. For instance, there will be one exam for all programmes under arts, science and social science streams, respectively. This year, the gap between the tests and their results will also be reduced. The makeover won’t stop at this. The content of the question papers, too, is set to change.
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As against testing students mainly on the knowledge of the subject they wish to study at Jamia, we will now evaluate the applicant’s aptitude for the discipline. So a science student applying to an arts programme, comparatively, is not at a disadvantage.
To assess the aptitude for a particular discipline, the question paper will test applicants on their grammar, general knowledge, basic mathematical skills and elementary knowledge of the subject they are applying to.
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Ba Course Back
A year after it was discontinued, the BA course is set to make a comeback at the university in the next academic year. It was discontinued temporarily last year as the university felt that it was “ non- serious” in content and, consequently, the students, too, were uninterested in studies. But the course — which has undergone a complete overhaul under the supervision of the dean of social sciences, the head of political science and the dean of natural sciences — will have fewer seats on offer. Earlier, the programme would admit 190 students, but this time it has been reduced to 50. “ We want to ensure eye- to- eye contact with the teacher,”.
The course will allow students to study classical subjects and also imbibe some job- oriented skills. There are five papers in all. For one paper, students will have to study either computer application or travel and tourism.
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What’s New
Students applying to Jamia this year...will have fewer entrance exams to take as the university has reduced the total tests from 50 to eight will be tested in basic aptitude for the subject applied to as against their knowledge of the subject will be able to apply to the BA programme. The course has been restructured and will be relaunched in the new academic session.