New Delhi: In a major step that could help students and save them from having to sit for multiple entrance examinations, a government panel has recommended a single entrance test for admissions to all engineering institutes under the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and a common exam for all business schools.
It also suggested seats that fall vacant after counselling sessions “shall not be treated as a management quota”, but be used to accommodate students on the waiting list.
The panel has suggested a new National Testing Service to conduct the exam and proposed it be an independent body seeking the CBSE’s support or outsourcing the work to other agencies.
The HRD ministry set up a review panel headed by former education secretary M.K. Kaw in November 2014 to suggest ways to restructure the AICTE.
