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Business Standard
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Education ministry forms panel to cut coaching centre dependance
The Union Ministry of Education has set up an eleven-member panel to deliberate on concerns regarding the coaching centre ecosystem and suggest measures to reduce students' dependency on these centres for their transition to higher education. To be chaired by Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi, the panel also includes the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman, joint secretaries from the departments of school and higher education, and representatives from three IITs — Madras, Trichy and Kanpur — as well as the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). According to the order accessed by Business Standard, the panel will examine the reasons behind the emergence of dummy schools and their role in encouraging full-time coaching at the cost of formal schooling, and will suggest ways to mitigate the issue. This comes after the CBSE, in March 2025, barred students enrolled in dummy schools from appearing for the Class 12 examinations. Dummy schools are institutions where students are officially enrolled but are not required to attend regular classes. These schools are often associated with students preparing for competitive entrance exams like the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for engineering courses and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses. Calling the initiative a much-needed step towards reimagining schooling in the country, Dr Ameeta Mulla Wattal, chairperson and executive director, Education, Innovations and Training at DLF Foundation Schools and Scholarship Programmes, said the move helps reclaim school systems that have been rendered irrelevant — particularly at the senior level — due to the rise of dummy schools. The committee will also examine gaps in the current schooling system, particularly the limited focus on critical thinking and logical reasoning, and the prevalence of rote learning. Dr Wattal added that there needs to be discussion on the misalignment between school and coaching curricula, noting that an exam-centric system of rote learning may not help students develop academic depth in their subjects. It has also been tasked with evaluating awareness levels among students and parents regarding multiple career pathways and career counselling. The panel will additionally review advertising practices, including the use of misleading claims and promotion of selective success stories, and suggest measures to address the issue. This comes after the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) issued guidelines last year for the Prevention of Misleading Advertisements in the Coaching Sector, in response to growing concerns about exaggerated success rates, misleading claims and unfair contracts often imposed by coaching institutes.
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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Science
- Business Standard
How an AI bot cracked the tough NEET exam, beating most human scores
The results of India's competitive medical entrance examination — the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 — have recently been announced, but it wasn't just human aspirants in the race this year. As students tackled the high-stakes paper, Allen, one of the country's leading coaching institutes, quite literally put its AI-powered bot 'Allie' to the test. As a result, while Allen's top-performing student, Tanmay Jagga, secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 74 with 650 out of 720 marks, Allie outshone him by some margin with 678 marks, a score likely to fetch a candidate a top-10 rank and a seat at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, according to the coaching institute. Thankfully, the bot has not been developed to directly compete with students but to build trust in the AI-driven complimentary support system offered to students for academic problem-solving. "We are pedagogically and result-wise quite sound but there was always a scope for improvement. We realised that apart from in-class learning, a lot happens outside of class where students practice, have doubts, and get stuck," said Ankit Khurana, Allen's chief product officer on the company's motivation behind the bot. "In this journey, students face several challenges but teachers can't be a support for every student. So, we thought our digital platform could be a companion for students. With that philosophy, we created 'Allie'." According to data shared by the institute's chief technology officer Saurabh Tandon, over 90,000 students used the bot to solve nearly 600,000 queries last month. Out of these, roughly 80 per cent of doubts were immediately responded to while the rest were transferred to a human teacher for resolution. Allie, who somewhat resembles ChatGPT in appearance, answers the questions within seconds but for complex questions, such as those comprising images, it can take up to three minutes, Tandon said. The bot was initially launched in December 2024 and was trained for biology subjects but by March 2025, it covered almost the entire syllabus for the NEET examination, barring some topics like organic chemistry. That omission could explain why Allie got two questions wrong and didn't attempt eight questions in the NEET exam. As for the underlying technology, the company said it relies on a proprietary verifier model and a dynamic routing system. While a proprietary verifier model refers to the use of targeted strategies to verify answers by cross-referencing them with curated study content, including theory and Q&A (question and answers) archives, the dynamic routing system sends queries to a suitable language model based on the problem type (image-based, text-based, or reasoning-based question), and other metrics. Going forward, the company plans to train the bot with the NEET examination syllabus in its entirety while also assisting students preparing for other examinations such as the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to undergraduate engineering programs. In the ecosystem of Allen, around 5 lakh students prepare for JEE and NEET examinations as paid subscribers. "The interaction with Allie has grown roughly six times in the last six months, that's something which we did not expect. The amount of interaction that happened was unprecedented. As we improve the technology, we will do the same for JEE examination. We will also keep on refining the bot for NEET in terms of the quality of answers and conversation," Khurana said.
India Today
3 days ago
- Business
- India Today
200 JEE toppers, parent to get free flight to IIT Madras for special campus tour
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has invited the top 200 all-India rankers of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2025 to visit its campus in Chennai -- and is footing the bill for their air travel, along with one parent per move is aimed at giving the country's brightest engineering aspirants a closer look at campus life, academic facilities, and the opportunities that come with being part of one of India's premier institute hopes that the visit will help students make an informed decision before choosing their IIT and course preferences during counselling. Each year, after the declaration of JEE Advanced results, the top rankers are wooed by several IITs through outreach campaigns, alumni meets, and personal counselling IIT Madras has gone a step further this year by covering the airfares for both the student and one parent. The visit includes guided campus tours, interactions with faculty, lab visits, hostel walkthroughs, and a chance to meet current students and to the media, an IIT Madras official said, 'We want to create a welcoming experience and show students what life here is really like -- not just in terms of academics, but also community, research, and support.'The invited students will also get to explore the institute's recent developments in cutting-edge research, innovation labs, entrepreneurship cells, and global top rankers and their parents welcomed the gesture. 'We had read a lot about IIT Madras, but being here gives us a much clearer picture. It helps to walk through the labs, see the hostels, and speak directly with professors,' said a parent from ADVANCED RESULT 2025The results of JEE Advanced 2025 were declared on June 2 by IIT Kanpur, the organising institute for this year. Out of the 1.8 lakh students who appeared for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, more than 54,000 qualified for Gupta from the IIT Delhi zone secured the All India Rank 1 with a score of 332 out of 360 marks. He had earlier scored full marks in both sessions of JEE him were Saksham Jindal with the same score and Majid Mujahid Husain with a score of 330, securing AIR 2 and 3 respectively. The result announcement was followed by the release of the final answer key and the opening of JoSAA counselling registration from June 3 rising competition among the IITs to attract top talent, this initiative by IIT Madras may set a new trend in student outreach -- one that puts experience and engagement over brochures and Watch
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Health
- The Hindu
Free coaching in JEE, NEET to students in government junior colleges in Andhra Pradesh
The State government has planned to roll out targeted support systems, including mentorship and quality coaching, to encourage students from economically weaker sections in government junior colleges to excel in national-level competitive exams. As part of the move, students pursuing MBC and BiPC courses in 1,355 government junior colleges in the State will receive coaching and quality preparation material to prepare for national-level competitive exams like Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), an all-India level entrance exam for engineering courses in India, and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into medical colleges. Officials in the Department of Higher Education said the free study material on subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics being given to students has been prepared by a team of subject experts drawn from both government and private colleges over a period of six months. To ensure that students benefit from the coaching classes, their college timings have been extended from the usual 9.30 a.m-4 p.m. to 9 a.m-5 p.m. Junior lecturers have been trained to teach the content effectively to students. Weekly tests, performance reviews and tracking the regular progress of students is mandatory for constant and effective monitoring of the learners' performance. 'The initiative is about giving every student a chance to succeed, regardless of their family background. We are creating an environment where every child can dream big and prepare confidently for national-level competitive exams,' said Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Nara Lokesh. He said the initiative will benefit over 1 lakh students in the government sector and will help the government bridge the gap between private and government education systems. He said the objective was to create a level playing field and give equal opportunity to all children to hone their skills.
NDTV
4 days ago
- General
- NDTV
UP BEd Entrance Exam 2025 Result Out, Here's What To Expect And What's Next
UP BEd JEE Result 2025 OUT: Bundelkhand University has declared the Uttar Pradesh Bachelor of Education Joint Entrance Exam (UP BEd JEE) 2025 results for admission to BEd courses at participating universities and institutes for the academic year 2025-26. Candidates who appeared for the exam can check their results on the official website - Scorecards can be downloaded by logging in with the user ID and password. The UP BEd Joint Entrance Examination is conducted annually for admission to BEd courses across Uttar Pradesh. This year, Bundelkhand University conducted the exam. The Joint BEd Entrance Examination was conducted in two shifts on June 1. A total of 3,44,546 candidates - including 1,96,700 females and 1,47,846 males - had registered for the exam, which was held at 751 centres across 69 districts in the state. UP BEd JEE Scorecard: How To Download Candidates can follow the steps below to download their scorecards: Visit the official website, Click on the link for 'Uttar Pradesh Joint Entrance Examination 2025' on the homepage Click on the 'Download Scorecard' link Enter your User ID and Password, then submit Your UP BEd JEE scorecard PDF will appear on the screen Download and print a copy for future reference What's Next After UP BEd JEE Result 2025? Candidates who have qualified in the UP BEd JEE 2025 will need to participate in the counselling process, which is expected to begin in July-August. Seats will be allotted based on a candidate's score, category, and seat availability in respective universities, colleges, or institutes. The counselling process consists of three stages: In Stage 1, candidates with ranks from 1 to 75,000 are offered admission. In Stage 2, all remaining candidates (ranked 75,001 onwards, including any unfilled seats from Stage 1) are considered. The process concludes with Stage 3, where institutions conduct direct admissions through a final round.
