Cracked iitjee?Now clear english test to study at iit-b| ENGLISH TEST AT IIT BOMBAY FOR NEW ADMISSION

Cracking the gruelling
Joint Entrance Exam is not
enough, it seems. For
engineering aspirants who head
to the Indian Institute of
Technology-Bombay will now
have to take a test in English
proficiency even before first
semester classes begin.
But that’s not all. Those who fail
to clear the test will have to
undergo a full-time, semester-
long bridge course. This, in turn,
will push back their dreams of
graduating from the tech school
by six months.
This is the first time that an IIT
will test students’ knowledge of
English on the lines of American
and European universities.“It
has been our experience that
some JEE entrants have such a
severe deficiency in English that
their academic performance
suffers in the first semester. This
affects their confidence during
their subsequent academic
career at the institute,” said a
communication for all JEE-
qualified students.
Officials at IIT-B said the test
would be elementary in nature
and students were not required
to take additional coaching for it.
Students who score less than
20% in the test and have a total
JEE score of less than or equal to
150 will have to undergo the
bridge course.“We will put them
through an intensive preparatory
course in English, physics,
chemistry and maths,” said an
IIT-B faculty member.
It is only after the end of this six-
month course that regular
engineering classes will begin for
these students. So, while one set
of students will enter the last leg
(second semester) of their first
year, another batch will start its
engineering lectures only after
the bridge course.“Such
students will not be allowed to
simultaneously register for
advanced courses in physics,
chemistry or mathematics until
they pass the bridge course,”
said the note.