Gujarat also laid a condition of making question papers available in Gujarati, for it to be part of the system.
Addressing the State Education Ministers' Conference and Central Advisory Board of Education under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal, Gujarat's Education Minister Ramanlal Vora said Gujarat will comply with the HRD Ministry's proposal only when IITs, which are so far resenting the move, are part of the JEE.
Vora said if they are not part of JEE, the state government has no reason to join the JEE. The main purpose of removing multiple entrance tests would be lost if IITs are not in the project, he said in a statemnet.
Gujarat Education Minister also supported the Ministry's decision to count the marks of Higher Secondary for admission. "This, we believe will remove regional imbalance and the urban bias in the selection procedure for IITs," the ministersaid.
He said the state governments would eventually decide the weightage for Higher Secondary marks in the selection procedure for the state institution, but it will not be less than 40 per cent in any case.
The Gujarat Minister asked the Centre to shoulder equal financial burden with states to implement RTE Act. (MORE)
