Revised guidelines for Engineering Exam

The decision of the education minister regarding the revised guidelines for preparation of rank lists by taking in to account the marks obtained in +2 exam with that in the entrance exam in equal weightage is hasty and without much logical home work.
Entrance examination is a testing grounds for any student to evaluate one’s capabilities and abilities in respect of admission to a professional college in relation to one,s chosen academic stream. Over the years the entrance examination has gained high importance and the inability in conducting the exam in a fair manner might have generated controversies which have affected the students ,parents and administrators. The logic behind introducing these as formal procedure was varied marks of different school boards could not be used to create a common merit list. These entrance exams are basically multiple-choice questions or popularly known as MCQs in the academic lingo. This pattern was introduced as it was considered that the scores obtained by students on conventional, long answer papers which might not represent the actual potential of the student. So the educational authorities should think over it twice before introducing a sweeping change in the exam pattern for selection of students to professional colleges.

To Alappuzha
Letters to the editor 17.01.2011
The Hindu


GOOD GOVERNANCE

The article ‘Awami league Rising to the challenge’(Jan-17)is a befitting tribute to Sheik Hasinas good governance. It is the mandate of the people who were eager to see the exit of the military backed rule. she could make a sweeping change and took many major decisions as she promised before the 2008 general election. As the writer rightly said the two year period is not enough to judge a govt which was supposed to have been elected for a five year term. However much during this short term the major decisions includes tough handling of religious extremists, Trial of criminals of 1971 war of liberation and also opened a new vista of in the relations with China.The recent visit of the PM to Delhi is a clear testimony of the beginning of a new era in India Bangladesh relations. Not withstanding the criticism from the opposition, the political leadership of both countries took major decisions such as Bangladesh for the first time allowed India,Nepal,Butan to use Chittagong and Mongla sea ports and India allowed Bangladesh to transit through its territory for trade with Nepal and Butan.This is the ripe time for both Govts to have course correction and focus on certain areas in which it failed to make substantial changes



Johny Zacharia
Alappuzha.

our cotton their onion

Dear sir
The Editorial “our cotton, their onion(Jan 13) made interesting reading. The floods in Pakistan has affected the cotton crop and is reeling by short supply of of this commodity for their domestic and yarn industry, which is considered to be the main stay of its fragile economy. At the same time the unseasonable rain has affected the onion crop in India. India has cotton in surplus for their export and Pakistan has more than enough onions for their disposal. If both countries shed their embittered relations and come forward for mutual talks, both countries will be mutually benefited and not only that it will pay the way for a paradigm shift in India /Pakistan relations

our cotton their onion

The Editorial “our cotton, their onion(Jan 13) made interesting reading. The floods in Pakistan has affected the cotton crop and is reeling by short supply of of this commodity for their domestic and yarn industry, which is considered to be the main stay of its fragile economy. At the same time the unseasonable rain has affected the onion crop in India. India has cotton in surplus for their export and Pakistan has more than enough onions for their disposal. If both countries shed their embittered relations and come forward for mutual talks, both countries will be mutually benefited and not only that it will pay the way for a paradigm shift in India /Pakistan relations