The HRD Ministry, in statement, said the special meeting has been called to address the "uncertainty faced by the student community, consequent to the resolutions of the senates of IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi." A senate consists largely of professors who are made responsible by the IIT Act of 1961, "for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination."
IIT Kanpur had earlier this month also rejected the proposed exam on the grounds that it was "academically and methodically unsound".
There are indications that IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur may follow the stand of their Delhi and Kanpur counterparts. IIT Bombay Senate will hold a crucial meeting on this on July 2. Faculty members in IIT Kharagpur are also likely to ask their Director to hold a Senate meeting soon to go with the decision of the other revolting IITs. IIT Kharagpur Director, Professor Damodar Acharya, has so far toed the line of the IIT Council. His tenure ends on June 30.
The new entrance format has met with stiff opposition ever since it was announced by Mr Sibal, who says it's a "decision of IIT Council and not of the Ministry." But dissenting Senates accuse the Ministry of "shooting from the shoulder of the IIT Council."
The IIT Council is headed by the HRD Minister and consists of the Directors of the seven old IITs. The Directors also head the Senate bodies of their respective institutions. The Senates, as per the IT Act of 1961, are the highest decision making bodies on all academic matters of the IITs. The Council only holds an advisory role. Sources in the Ministry though point to ordinances which empower the IIT Council to take the decision.
The government had on May 28 announced the new test from 2013, under which aspiring candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to sit under a new format of common entrance test which will also take plus two board results into consideration.
The IITs oppose the new format contending that the proposed test will increase stress of students instead of decreasing it. They feel students aspiring to join institutes other than the IITs need not sit for two tests -- main and advance -- as proposed.
They have also insisted that board examination results should not be taken into consideration while preparing the merit list.
With The IIT JEE less than a year away, students are a worried lot. "We don't know what the format is and it is anyway unfair to have a new format now. We have already been preparing for the old format," says an IIT aspirant.
Ahead of the Senate meetings of IITs, all eyes will be on the Joint Admission Board (JAB) meeting tomorrow. The JAB has been conducting the IIT entrance test for 50 years.
The new entrance format has met with stiff opposition ever since it was announced by Mr Sibal, who says it's a "decision of IIT Council and not of the Ministry." But dissenting Senates accuse the Ministry of "shooting from the shoulder of the IIT Council."
The IIT Council is headed by the HRD Minister and consists of the Directors of the seven old IITs. The Directors also head the Senate bodies of their respective institutions. The Senates, as per the IT Act of 1961, are the highest decision making bodies on all academic matters of the IITs. The Council only holds an advisory role. Sources in the Ministry though point to ordinances which empower the IIT Council to take the decision.
The government had on May 28 announced the new test from 2013, under which aspiring candidates for IITs and other central institutes like NITs and IIITs will have to sit under a new format of common entrance test which will also take plus two board results into consideration.
The IITs oppose the new format contending that the proposed test will increase stress of students instead of decreasing it. They feel students aspiring to join institutes other than the IITs need not sit for two tests -- main and advance -- as proposed.
They have also insisted that board examination results should not be taken into consideration while preparing the merit list.
With The IIT JEE less than a year away, students are a worried lot. "We don't know what the format is and it is anyway unfair to have a new format now. We have already been preparing for the old format," says an IIT aspirant.
Ahead of the Senate meetings of IITs, all eyes will be on the Joint Admission Board (JAB) meeting tomorrow. The JAB has been conducting the IIT entrance test for 50 years.
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