Why have some IITs decided to discontinue branch change option
Experts believe this pressure can have a negative impact on students, especially since majority of engineering students spend their (at least) last two years of schooling already worrying about cracking JEE Main and JEE Advanced.
Ensuring that they are able to achieve the required credits and CGPA can get stressful for first-year IIT students. (Representative image/ Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh Some of the IITs have decided to discontinue the option of branch change that was provided to students after the first year. The branch change option is an opportunity given to first year students by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to change their core branch after the first year. However, out of 23 IITs, nine have now discontinued this option.
The reason behind discontinuing this option, IITs claim, is putting pressure on an already stressed student.
Experts told indianexpress.com that while nearly 50 per cent of incoming students desire to opt for a branch change, only 10 per cent of students are able to exercise this option. Usually, a student is eligible to apply for change of branch at the end of the first year only if their CGPA is higher than 7.50 (general category). The candidate also needs to earn more than 32 credits at the end of the first academic session. Also, change of the branch is permitted strictly in the order of merit as determined by CGPA at the end of the first year.
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