JEE Main and JEE Advanced are deemed to be the toughest entrance exams in the country. Some students quit a couple of months before the exam due to a number of reasons. However, a large number of candidates dare to take up the test and clears the same with flying colors.
IIT – A Look at the Life after IIT JEE
A good number of students believe that JEE is the end and they does not need to take IIT’s academic curriculum seriously. It is due to such attitude many students suffer in their first test after entering IITs.
Here we bring to you a common story/problem of different students who cleared IIT JEE to join the top notch – Indian Institutes of Technology.
LIFE AFTER IIT JEE
INSTANCE # 1 – IIT STUDENTS STRUGGLE IN FIRST YEAR
Although JEE aspirants score top marks in Class 12th and IIT JEE test, a few of these candidates fail miserably in main subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics after they enter IITs.
A popular national daily published the data revealed by IIT Madras, which says that out of 840 students, the following number of students failed to clear the First and Second Semester Exam conducted by IIT Madras.
| 10.73% | N/A |
According to the former Deputy Director of IITM, the reason for such low scores is lack of seriousness among students in the first year towards IIT system. According to him, students want to enjoy their life in the initial period of their entry in the IITs.
Also, IIT professors opines that the teaching pattern in the IITs is far different from the style adopted in coaching centers, which makes understanding and grasping difficult for the candidates in first year.
IITs has also come up with initiatives like Mentor System and shifting workshop courses to seminar to reduce the course burden of students in the first year.
INSTANCE # 2 – STUDENTS FROM IIT BOMBAY FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH
According to a report, about one-tenth of freshers at IIT Bombay find it challenging to communicate in English language. Although, it cannot be determined from student’s communication whether he/she is a bright student, it is important to at least understand and speak the basic English.
Due to problem in English communication, a number of students fail in their academics in IITs. According to the senior student mentors of the Institute Student Mentorship Programme (ISMP), the main reason behind this problem is a majority of students at IIT Bombay has a job-centric approach rather than long-term goals. Many students after getting admission in IITB, feels that they have reached their goal.
Senior student mentors suggest that, every student at IITB should have an industry-based approach that will help them groom themselves properly.
IITs are in talks with British Council to conduct formal structured classes for new students at IITB, who are weak in English.
INSTANCE # 3 – STUDENTS FROM IIT BOMBAY ARE COPYCATS
A student survey at IIT Bombay revealed that that a big number of IITB students are copycats. A large percentage of students have been found copying either consciously or unconsciously. Known as the brightest brains of the country, students at IIT Bombay are founded indulging in different types of cheating, starting from copy and paste work to complete assignments, wrongful representation in resumes and copying from a friend’s book.
Sources say that a strict approach and stringent attitude is required to be taken to control such activities in the campus.
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