IIT-JEE, for entrance into the most premier institutions in India, is a famously tough nut to crack. To gauge just how difficult it is, YouTuber Tibees showed the paper to a couple of professors at the University of Melbourne in Australia and asked them their opinions.
Mathematician Barry Hughes said that he would be fairly challenged to get a decent result in an hour, but also pointed out the mechanical aspects of answering the question paper, which might not be the best criteria for choosing the best students. Dr Hutchinson said, "If this does not intimidate you, you are an impressive student," adding that he would probably leave the exam room crying at that age.
In the 2019 Union Budget, the Centre had allocated Rs 400 crore for setting up world-class education institutes and announced 'Study in India' programme that will aim at attracting foreign students to the country.
The policy proposes major changes in both school and higher education, improve governance and gives more focus on research and innovation, for which a National Research Foundation (NRF) would be set up to coordinate and promote research in the country.
A draft legislation for setting up Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) would be presented in the year ahead, she said, adding, "This will help to comprehensively reform the regulatory system of higher education to promote greater autonomy and focus on better academic outcomes."
Sitharaman highlighted that three institutes—two IITs and IISc Bangalore—are in the top 2,000 institutions in world university rankings, which, she claimed, was not there five years back.
This has been achieved due to concerted efforts by the institutions to boost their standards and also project their credentials better, she said.
-Inputs from PTI