Panel proposes major reforms to cut coaching dependence; JEE & NEET may shift to Class XIA central committee is proposing significant reforms to curb the reliance on private coaching. Key discussions include holding national ent...
29 Nov, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
NEET-UG medical entrance exam to be held on May 4The National Testing Agency has announced that the NEET-UG 2025 exam will be held on May 4 in its traditional pen-and-paper format. Despite...
07 Feb, 2025, 09.04 PM IST
For security, most NEET reform panel papers may be classifiedThe Centre plans to classify the exam reform panel's NEET UG report due to sensitive exam data safety and leak methodologies. Reforms sugge...
23 Oct, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
NEET-UG exam to be conducted online? Health Ministry, NMC on board to switchThe Union health ministry and National Medical Commission (NMC) are preparing to transition the NEET-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) exam from a pe...
12 Jul, 2024, 11.33 PM IST
Go back to schools to root out NEET-type malaiseThe high-powered committee on entrance exam reforms, set up following the NEET-UG fiasco, is learnt to have received several of these input...
01 Jul, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
UGC's role on pushing pen-paper exams now under the lens of govt and reform panelRecent UGC decisions challenge NTA's digital exam quality as paper leaks and exam mode debates persist, raising concerns over the integrity...
30 Jun, 2024, 03.36 PM IST
NEET & Clean: Experts bat for exam rejig; recommend use of AI, computer-based testsTheir recommendations include holding computer-based tests, multiple shifts, multiple days, use of AI to ensure each question paper is uniq...
27 Jun, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
View: Need to go way beyond IITs, JEE to nurture innovation and leadershipIndia's engineering aspirants need an education that prepares them for life, not just for exams. They need leaders, thinkers, and innovator...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
Appearing for class 10, 12 board exams twice a year won't be mandatory: Dharmendra PradhanUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated that appearing for class 10 and 12 board exams twice a year will be optional, not ma...
08 Oct, 2023, 04.33 PM IST
Free coaching for JEE, NEET exams from next year. Here is how it will workGovt plans to convert nearly 3,000 test practice centres across the country into teaching centers, which will conduct mock tests and will p...
30 Aug, 2018, 10.45 AM IST
IITs strike down proposal for radical reform of JEE AdvancedThe JEE Advanced determines admission to all IITs and is considered one of the toughest examinations.
21 Aug, 2018, 09.42 AM IST
Modi govt wants IITs to tone down their entrance exam for engineersThe ministry is of the view that the difficulty level of JEEAdvanced may be too high. The issue will be taken up as a key agenda item at th...
16 Jun, 2018, 08.34 AM IST
IIT entrance exam to get less testing for studentsThe aim is to “reduce exam pressure” and check “coaching dependence… without diluting testing quality”, according to the terms of reference.
10 Oct, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Admissions to NITs likely on JEE-Main scores alone from 2016As per the existing policy, 40 per cent weightage is given to board marks and 60 per cent to the JEE-Main score for admission to a National...
13 Sep, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
- IIT Council to discuss tuition fee hike and single admission test
The meeting will discuss the report of the committee on JEE reforms, which has been prepared by science and technology secretary T Ramasami.
13 Sep, 2011, 05.25 AM IST
- JEE cut-off best left to IITs: Sibal
Sibal clarified that the govt is not involved in IIT-JEE reform process.
21 Oct, 2009, 03.52 AM IST
- JEE syllabus set for an overhaul
First it was the timing, now it’s the very nature of the exam. The joint entrance examination — the exam which determines who gets to enter...
05 Aug, 2002, 03.19 AM IST