Alumni from IIT Delhi yesterday met new HRD Minister Pallam Raju and expressed their concern over the new format of IIT-JEE entrance test.
“The honourable minister after hearing the delegation promised to visit afresh the issues concerning IIT including the controversial changes inducted in the JEE by his predecessor,” said the alumni association in a statement.
The association claimed that the minister showed inclination to take actions which are in the interest of all the stakeholders of the IIT system. It said they will be meeting Raju once again in the coming week to discuss the issue.
Aspirants to the IITs and other technical institutes like NITs would be appearing the IIT-JEE next year under a new two-tier format which also gives weightage to the class XII marks. Despite initial objections, most of the IITs have given their nod to the format.