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Amidst the row over NCTC that has brought the issue of federalism to fore,HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said the Centre will consult each and every state and seek a consensus before taking a call on the issue of Common Entrance Test (CET) for engineering.
We will consult everybody. A meeting of all education ministers from the states will be held on the issue. The present central government doesnt believe in moving forward unless there is a consensus,and we have already consulted some of the states, said Sibal in Kolkata on the sidelines of a seminar on education.
Sibals comment comes in the backdrop of the protest lodged by five states Tamil Nadu,West Bengal,Himachal Pradesh,Orissa and Pondicherry against his ministrys plan to introduce a common entrance test for undergraduate engineering courses across the country. These states are keen in retaining their state-level common entrance tests.
Incidentally,Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu was conspicuous by his absence from the Mondays event.
The proposed common entrance test is to be named as Indian Science – Engineering Eligibility Test (ISEET) and is likely to be conducted in April or May next year.
The Union minister,who regretted that 14 legislations related to HRD ,including Educational Malpractices Bill and Foreign Education Providers Bill,were pending in Parliament,said structural and administrative reforms were needed for the development of education sector in the country.
We (UPA) dont have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. So if somebody says we will not allow the Bill to come,what can we do? .. There are vested interests who are standing in the way of educational reforms, Sibal said.
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