IIT Council to discuss tuition fee hike and single admission test

NEW DELHI: The IIT Council is expected to consider tuition fee hike and a single admission test, which combines the Joint Entrance Examination with all other engineering admission exams, at its meeting on Wednesday.

The meeting will discuss the report of the committee on JEE reforms, which has been prepared by science and technology secretary T Ramasami. The HRD ministry had set up a committee under Ramasami to suggest reforms in the JEE to take into account students' performance in Class XII examinations and changes to assess intelligence and aptitude of the candidates.

The Ramasami report favours the single national test and said it should be conducted more than once a year.