Taking Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) will continue to be an arduous task for a large number of aspiring architects and planners in 2014 as the government has failed to provide them with adequate number of test centres in most states.
The nation-wide test for B.Arch and B. Planning has been planned to be conducted in pen and paper mode. A panel, set up by the government to hold the JEE-Main, however, has earmarked only one centre each in a total of 129 cities for the test.
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are the worst sufferers as the panel has provided only two centres each for pen and paper mode test in the two states. Some of the north-eastern states are also at the receiving end as the panel has provided only one centre each in Assam and MizoramIn Karnataka, a panel has earmarked only two examination centres for pen and paper mode test—one at Hubli and another Mangalore— while in Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore and Madurai are the only two centres.
“We will have to waste our time in travelling to these locations from our city,” a candidate who has applied for the test told Deccan Herald.
The panel, headed by Central Board of Secondary Education Chairman Vineet Joshi, however, has brought succour for a large number of aspiring engineers by giving them an option to appear in the test online along with pen and paper mode in 265 cities.