Students appearing for EAMCET entrance examination this year have to be well versed not only in their Intermediate subjects but also in the CBSE andICSE syllabus to do well.
The EAMCET committee has decided to revise the exam syllabus after a gap of eight years by combining the Intermediate, CBSE and ICSE subjects. The change was necessitated following the revision of Intermediate syllabus in 2007.
This is one major reform being undertaken in EAMCET, following the state government’s decision to give 25 per cent weight to Intermediate marks in determining ranks in the entrance exams from this year.
It has also been decided not to allow first year Intermediate students to appear for EAMCET this year as it was creating unnecessary problems while determining ranks apart from creating additional expenditure towards allotment of centres and appointment of examiners.
Last year, nearly 50,000 first year intermediate students appeared for EAMCET and some of them even secured good ranks, despite being ineligible to join engineering and medical courses. “We have set up committees with four experts for each subject to frame the new syllabus,” Prof D.N. Reddy, chairman of EAMCET-2009 and Vice-Chancellor JNTU-Hyderabad said on January 22. “They will thoroughly examine the syllabi of Intermediate, CBSE and ICSE and prepare a question bank for EAMCET.” Expert committees have been formed for mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany and zoology.
Prof Reddy added that there would be no change in the exam pattern or model.
The number of questions will also remain the same. “The common syllabus will be framed by the first week of February,” he said. “We will issue the EAMCET notification in the second week of the same month.” The committees will also focus on drafting ‘errorfree’ question papers in the backdrop of several goof-ups in EAMCET last year that led to award of 10 marks for all the students in lieu of errors.
Prof. Reddy warned that the convenor would be held responsible if errors crept into the question paper. “He has the power to appoint subject experts,” said the chairman. “It is the duty of the convenor to ensure that the questions and the four options given are correct.” Prof. L.V.A.R. Sharma, who has the distinction of being the EAMCET convenor for a maximum period for four years, has been given the post once again.
He resigned from the post of dean of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, which runs IIITs in the state, to take up the job.
