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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Indian Institute of Technology open exam process to students

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Results of the IIT's Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) - one of the most keenly contested examinations in the country just got more transparent. Taking note of the numerous queries filed under the Right to Information Act (RTI) regarding its admission procedure, IIT Joint Admission Board has decided to release the cut-off scores for individual subjects and different streams on its website.

Applicants can now get to know the cut-off scores in individual subjects like physics, maths or chemistry and also aggregate cut offs for streams like computer, electronics, mechanical and civil engineering. For the 2007 entrance exam, the institute had posted their question papers and correct answers on their site.

The first detailed score sheets will be released on August 1 at 8 pm on the institute's website www.iitg.ernet.in for students who appeared for the 2008 entrance exam. The score sheets will show the opening and closing ranks of different branches for every category, general and reserved.

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

B Com (Horns) cutoffs fall in top colleges

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Commerce students aiming to get into popular Delhi University colleges can heave a sigh of relief. The cut-off marks for B.Com(H) have fallen by .25 per cent in SRCC (94.5 per cent), Hindu (94 per cent) and Hans Raj College (94 per cent).

The only college to drastically raise its cutoff is Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College, where B. Com (H) cutoff has risen by 1.5 per cent to 95.5 from last year's 94 per cent.

A few others have increased their cut-off marks from .25 to .5 per cent. In contrast the BCom (Programme) cut-off marks have increased in all colleges ranging from .5 per cent at Sri Venkateswara to 8 per cent in Maitreyi.

BA (H) Economics has also seen an increase in most colleges barring SRCC, Hans Raj and IP College for Women. LSR has the highest cutoff at 94 per cent for humanities and science students. For Commerce students it is 98 per cent. SRCC has decreased its economics cut-off to 92.75 per cent for humanities students and 95.75 per cent for commerce students.

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Scheduled Castes clears Other Backward Classes quota law

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Ending uncertainty over the controversial law providing for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes in central educational institutions including IITs and IIMs, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld its validity but ruled that the "creamy layer" among the backwards would not get reservation.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan upheld the Central Educational lnstitutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, paying the way for its implementation in all central educational institutions.

The landmark verdict comes as a major victory for the UPA government, which had to face embarrassment after the court stayed the implementation of the OBC quota law last year.

The bench, also comprising justices Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakker, R.V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari, unanimously said the "creamy layer" must be excluded from the socially and educationally backward classes as per a 1993 government order The government order excludes wards of people holding constitutional posts and senior government officials from the quota ambit.

Justice Bhandari asked the government to exclude the children of former and present MPs and MLAs from the purview of OBC reservation. The judges, however, clarified that the "creamy layer" concept was not applicable to Scheduled Castes and Schedu1ed Tribes. There should be a periodic review after five years on continuing with the OBC quota, they added.

The bench also upheld the validity of the Constitution (93rd Amendment) Act 2005 that enabled the government to enact laws providing for OBC reservation in central education- al institutions, saying it did not violate the Constitution's basic structure. It also rejected the petitioners' contention that not extending the OBC quota law to minority educational institutions was illegal.

The exclusion of minority educational institutions from the ambit of the law did not violate the Constitution as "they (minority institutions) are a separate class and their rights are protected by other constitutional provisions," the CJI said.

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