National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) shall conduct Joint Entrance Test (JEE 2011) for admission to to 3-Year B.Sc. Hospitality and Hotel Administration Program at Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs). The course is being offered in co-operation with IGNOU. NCHMCT is set up Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India. There are more than 20 institutes affiliated to NCHMCT and admission to all those institutes will be though JEE 2011 only. NCHMCT JEE will be held on 16th April 2011 across the country. Following are other details:

Eligibility Requirements: Applicants should have passed in 12th of 10+2 pattern with English as one of the subjects. Students from all the streams such as Science, Commerce, Humanities and others also can apply. Those appearing for the final year exams also eligible. Age limit is 22 years for General/ OBC and 25 years for SC/CT category students.

Application forms can be downloaded from www.nchmct.org. Filled in applications should be sent to ‘JEE Cell, NCHMCT, A-34, Sector 62, NOIDA- 201301’ along with a fee for Rs.900/- (Rs. 450 for SC/ST/PH candidates) through DD drawn in favour of ‘National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology’ and payable at NOIDA / New Delhi.

You can also submit application online through www.nchmct.org. Fee can be paid through Credit/ Debit Cards. Brochure and Application forms will also made available through designated Bank and affiliated Institutes of Hotel Management from 27th December 2010. Last date for receipt of completed application in all modes is 28th February 2011. Details such as Test Pattern, Model Questions and Syllabus for the test are available on www.nchmct.org.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has constituted a 12 member committee academicians to study the need of reforms in Examination pattern of 10th class and Intermediate. The committee will be headed by famous and eminent academician and Ex- Director of NCERT, Krishna Kumar. The committee with 11 more members shall study the existing examination practices at Tenth Class and Intermediate levels in the state. The committee has given six months time frame to submit its report. The main focus of the committee will be to relieve students from fear, anxiety and stress ans strengthen their knowledge in order to enable them to succeed in any examination with confidence.

The Krishna Kumar Committee shall also study the evaluation system being followed in the state for 10th and Inter classes. This is taken up considering the increase of applications for revaluation in SSC and Intermediate Public Examinations. The committee shall also review the present system of evaluation in comparison to the National Curriculum Frame (NCF).

The committee members include academicians such as Apoorvanand, University of Delhi; Lathika Gupta, Consultant, NCPCR; Farida Abdullah Khan, former Head of the Department of Educational Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia and R. Amurthavalli, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. The other members are Commissioner and Director of School Education, Director of Intermediate Education, Director of Government Examinations, Secretary- Board of Intermediate Education, Principal, Regional Institute of English, Mysore, Director of SCERT and Additional Director of School Education dealing with the subject.