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State to be part of national JEE for engineering courses

Admissions to engineering courses in the state would take place through JEE from the academic year 2014-15.

The state cabinet decided on Wednesday Maharashtra would be a part of the new admission regime.

The standard 12 curriculum would be upgraded next year to bring it up to the standard of JEE,the cabinet decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

Scores of JEE and the standard 12 exam would be given 50:50 weightage for admissions.

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JEE will have two parts main and advance. But admission to engineering courses in state-affiliated colleges would be granted only on the basis of marks obtained in the mains.

While deciding the weightage of the standard 12 exam score,only marks obtained in physics-chemistry- mathematics would be considered,though a student must secure 50 per cent aggregate.

State officials said the advantage of becoming a part of the JEE admission system was that students would have to take only one entrance for IITs too. This would particularly help students in rural areas,they said.

First published on: 13-09-2012 at 03:05:10 am