There is a move by the Central Government that would deprive Odia students of getting admission in NIT Rourkela in an increased number. And as per the intentionally revised norms, 30 to 40 Odia students are sure to lose seats in this premier engineering college of the country.
The Central Counselling Board (CCB) conducts the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) every year for admission into the NITs and other central engineering institutes in the country. This year, the results of the AIEEE were to be published on June 15. However, the CCB published them before time, i.e, on June 9 for the reason better known to it. Similarly, it also preponed the counselling date to June 15 against June 16.
And on June 15, a new notification was made in the website of the CCB -www.ccb.nic.in which is just reverse to the prevailing one. As per the old provisions in the CCB information brochure in Para 3.3.1, a student can take admission in NIT either from the State quota or from the Central quota according to his rank.
But according to the new notification, a student can take admission in NIT from the State quota only, whatsoever his or her rank may be. Even if a student has performed better in the entrance test, he or she would not be eligible under the Central quota. And this new norm goes against the interest of the students of Odisha.
Citing an example, a guardian said that if a first rank-holder is an Odia and he or she takes admission in the NIT Rourkela he or she would be considered under the State quota and not under the Central quota. The result being 30 to 40 Odia students are sure to be deprived of their seats under the new provision.
Hence, there is now widespread discontent among the students, guardians and even teachers in Odisha, who demand a reconsideration of the notification. They further opine that since there are better coaching centres in south India and Delhi, students of these areas would take the benefit under the new guideline.
Source: The Pioneer, Bhubaneswar.
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