416 Engineering Seats added in IITs from 2017-18

Number of seats in IITs have been increased this year (2017) compared to the previous year. Number of seats this year will be 10998. This is 416 seats more than the available seats in 2016.

Number of seats have been increased in various IITs as per the directions of the Central Government. Seats in IIT Hyderabad have also been increased.

The JOSA has announced counseling schedule for IIT JEE Advanced and JEE Main qualified candidates. The online counseling process for IIT, NITs, IIITs will have multiple stages of admissions.

With the addition of more seats in IITs, the aspirants of IIT engineering education will be a dream come true for more candidates. IITs have been considered as premier technical education institutions in the country.

CBSE and ISC Class XII Results Delayed Due to Moderation Issue – 2017

CBSE has put the lakhs of students of Class XII in dark with moderation issue. Several state boards and ISC have also withheld the results of Class XII and keep waiting for the judgement on CBSE moderation issue. Following is the timeline of the issue.

April 24, 2017: CBSE and 31 other school boards meet and decided to do away with moderation of marks.

May 12 and 18: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan boards announced class XII results without moderation. The results shows dip in performance of the students compared to the previous years.

22 May 2017: Parent and lawyer file PIL against CBSE’s move to end moderation.

23 May 2017: HC restrains CBSE from doing away with moderation this year.
24 May: HRD minister meets CBSE officials to seek legal opinion and the ministry may move apex court against High Court verdict.

24 May: UP board decided to follow whatever CBSE takes on moderation. ISCE has also delayed the results and may adopt the CBSE policy.