He also said the new Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) system, proposed by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, would help reduce the importance of coaching.
"The proposed new JEE system would help students from rural areas and girls as with their effort and performance in school they will get a chance to enter into professional education," Acharya told PTI in response to a question over the controversy.
"The importance on coaching will reduce. Eight consultations with stakeholders including the Chairman of the School Boards and technical education experts across the country by my team clearly see merit in the proposed system and particularly merit in giving importance to the school performance," he said.
Acharya had come under attack from All India IIT Faculty Federation yesterday for saying that IIT-Kharagpur does not have any objection to the Centre's move to conduct a common entrance exam for central engineering institutions.
In its statement, the Federation had said that it was "shocked to learn that the Director, IIT Kharagapur has made public statements which are in contradiction to the resolutions made by the Senate of IIT Kharagpur."
Meanwhile, IIT Delhi Alumni Association and All India IIT Faculty Federation--the two influential organisations opposing the Government's move-- have sought an audience with Prime Minister to apprise him of the situation that has arisen out of HRD announcement of new JEE dated May 28.
"We are constantly in touch with PMO. We have been asked to wait," IIT-Delhi Alumni president Somnath Bharti said. (MORE)