Dear Students,
LAST WEEK WE ASKED:
Do you think by raising the cut-offs, institutes are becoming demanding by the day?
BEST RESPONSE
By raising the cut-offs institutes are adding exclusivity into the Indian education system which is solely based on merit. Exclusivity might turn out as the bane of education system. Setting unrealistic admission criteria actually adds more pressure on the students, thereby off-setting the attempts by educators to make education at school level light and enjoyable. What was earlier the subject of jokes, has now turned into a chilling reality increasing the pressure on a student to perform well ignoring his interests and subduing his curiosity. Planning and opening better higher studies avenues might do the trick.
—Rahul Gautam, B.Tech Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-D)
OTHER RESPONSES
There are multitude of factors which decides the popularity of an institute, including alumni, teachers, infrastructure , student, and research. There is no iota of doubt that DU is a premier institute of country but every thing is good within limit. Which is why unrealistic and irrational cut-offs will not only decreased demand for the institute but also coerce students to look for other options which will prove counter productive to the institute in long run.
—Nilaya Mitsah Shanker, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial College Of Engineering And Management (SRMCEM), Lucknow.
Most of the colleges in India do not decide their cut-offs according to their demand but based on the number of applicants and previous years' joining rate. The exceptions to this rule are some government funded institutions like the IITs. With time more students are getting interested in adding an MBA to their resume thus making the competition to admissions very stiff. This has proved to be advantageous for the colleges as they have now got more options to choose from and can set newer bars to entry. As the market is dictating the rules we cannot blame the colleges.
—Prashant Gupta , Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
It is wrong to blame colleges for setting high cutoffs given the marking trends in ISC and CBSE board results. It does not imply that colleges have become demanding since the cut-off is declared keeping that year's performance in mind.
—Sonam Chamaria, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi.
These cut-off lists are a mockery in the name of higher education in our country. Institutes around only try to commercialise the entire education process through such unrealistic cut-off marks. This is because the whole concept of Indian education is to get high marks even if the students lack sufficient knowledge (something that is evident from the fact the large numbers of our engineers working for call centres or that we call ourselves IT nation but are unable to create one original web browser or OS).
—A Bhuvana Bhimaiah, Alagappa University
The cut-off announced is baffling. Colleges seem bent on bringing up book-nerds rather than well-educated citizens. It is pure gimmick and hype to get commercial and brand value for educational institution. Education in our country has become more of a business and a commercial activity than service to the society. This way there is no value addition these educational institutions are doing to the students other than merely offering degrees and diplomas.
—BR Ramya, MSW, Christ University, Bangalore
The 100 per cent cut off marks news has caught the attention of the entire nation on accounts of its dramatic absurdity. At this rate very soon we might be looking at numbing statistics of youth unemployment within our system. Quite clearly if we don't invest enough in education by opening more quality colleges, we cannot sustain the demands of a rising economy and will fall behind in the knowledge stakes, which is the stuff that will make or break nations in the 21st century .
—AB Karthik Monnappa, Bharatidasan Institute of Management, Trichy
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